The Oracle and the Curse : : A Poetics of Justice from the Revolution to the Civil War /

The Oracle and the Curse : : A Poetics of Justice from the Revolution to the Civil War / / Caleb Smith.

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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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2013
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Smith, Caleb,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
©2013
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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