The Oracle and the Curse : : A Poetics of Justice from the Revolution to the Civil War / / Caleb Smith.
Condemned to hang after his raid on Harper's Ferry, John Brown prophesied that the crimes of a slave-holding land would be purged away only with blood. A study of omens, maledictions, and inspired invocations, The Oracle and the Curse examines how utterances such as Brown's shaped American...
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Smith, Caleb, author. The Oracle and the Curse : A Poetics of Justice from the Revolution to the Civil War / Caleb Smith. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2013] ©2013 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Oracles of Law -- 2 Oracles of God -- 3 Blasphemy "At the Court of Hell" -- 4 Evil Speaking, "A Bridle for the Unbridled Tongue" -- 5 The Curse of Slavery -- 6 Words of Fire -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Condemned to hang after his raid on Harper's Ferry, John Brown prophesied that the crimes of a slave-holding land would be purged away only with blood. A study of omens, maledictions, and inspired invocations, The Oracle and the Curse examines how utterances such as Brown's shaped American literature between the Revolution and the Civil War. In nineteenth-century criminal trials, judges played the role of law's living oracles, but offenders were also given an opportunity to address the public. When the accused began to turn the tables on their judges, they did so not through rational arguments but by calling down a divine retribution. Widely circulated in newspapers and pamphlets, these curses appeared to channel an otherworldly power, condemning an unjust legal system and summoning readers to the side of righteousness. Exploring the modes of address that communicated the authority of law and the dictates of conscience in antebellum America's court of public opinion, Caleb Smith offers a new poetics of justice which assesses the nonrational influence that these printed confessions, trial reports, and martyr narratives exerted on their first audiences. Smith shows how writers portrayed struggles for justice as clashes between human law and higher authority, giving voice to a moral protest that transformed American literature. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) American literature History and criticism. Law and literature United States History. Social justice in literature. HISTORY / United States / 19th Century. HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800). LAW / Legal History. POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2013 9783110317350 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PACKAGE LITERATURE 2013 9783110317268 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PAKET LITERATURWISSENSCHAFT 2013 9783110317251 ZDB-23-DLW Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP Complete eBook Package 2011-2014 9783110374889 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package 2013 9783110374902 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 9783110459517 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110662566 print 9780674073081 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674075849 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674075849.jpg |
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