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
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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.

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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.

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