The Oracle and the Curse
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Legal History, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, American, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, History & Theory
| Author: | Caleb Smith | ISBN: | 9780674075863 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press | Publication: | April 1, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Caleb Smith |
| ISBN: | 9780674075863 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Publication: | April 1, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Language: | English |
Caleb Smith explores the confessions, trial reports, maledictions, and martyr narratives that juxtaposed law and conscience in antebellum America’s court of public opinion and 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.
Caleb Smith explores the confessions, trial reports, maledictions, and martyr narratives that juxtaposed law and conscience in antebellum America’s court of public opinion and 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.
