Letter and the Spirit of Nineteenth-Century American Literature: Justice, Politics, TheologyMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 12/01/2005 - 304 páginas Moving back to the trial of Anne Hutchinson in Puritan Massachusetts and the captivity narrative of Mary Rowlandson in order to analyse theo-political signification, Loebel provides a new context for examining the politically performative function of language in such texts as "The Scarlet Letter," "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and "Waiting for the Verdict." He also argues, however, that a specific theo-logic manifests itself in the political rhetoric of the nation, such that the afterlife of the "New Jerusalem" resonates not just in the "Blessings of Liberty" enshrined in the Constitution but also in the shift from a religious understanding of union with Jesus to that of the Union of States as a nation. Loebel compares unionist and confederate discourse, opening up new ways of theorising representation as a political, theological, legal, and literary issue that has continued currency both in twentieth-century literature and in the political discourse of America's global vision, such as the "axis of evil" and the "new world order." Anyone interested in American literature and culture will view the relationship between ethics and justice differently after reading this book. |
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... critical study , which would properly his- toricize its readings and really inform its audience about the period , limited the approach and the probable results of what required analy- sis , namely , a rethinking of language from a ...
... critical study , which would properly his- toricize its readings and really inform its audience about the period , limited the approach and the probable results of what required analy- sis , namely , a rethinking of language from a ...
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... critical venue for thinking about whether there is or can be justice in representation . My analysis investigates the figures used by authors to represent others , to state plaintiff claims , to work with and against the language of the ...
... critical venue for thinking about whether there is or can be justice in representation . My analysis investigates the figures used by authors to represent others , to state plaintiff claims , to work with and against the language of the ...
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... critically by Sacvan Bercovitch , this connection was amplified by content - matter building blocks of what is American - an economic focus , capitalism , the chosenness of destiny and freedom - all structured within the Puritan ...
... critically by Sacvan Bercovitch , this connection was amplified by content - matter building blocks of what is American - an economic focus , capitalism , the chosenness of destiny and freedom - all structured within the Puritan ...
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... critically disrupt what is " official . " I endeavour in my analyses to supplement Wald's work with a literary - philosophical inquiry that develops thoughts and theories which emerge from texts and their disruptive language and ideas ...
... critically disrupt what is " official . " I endeavour in my analyses to supplement Wald's work with a literary - philosophical inquiry that develops thoughts and theories which emerge from texts and their disruptive language and ideas ...
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... critical scholarship since Ann Douglas and Jane Tompkins on feminization and the power of sentiment has been fundamental in helping to explain the literary and political value of Uncle Tom's Cabin , it has tended to generalize the ...
... critical scholarship since Ann Douglas and Jane Tompkins on feminization and the power of sentiment has been fundamental in helping to explain the literary and political value of Uncle Tom's Cabin , it has tended to generalize the ...
Índice
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How to Avoid Speaking the Name of the Father | 62 |
UnionistRepublican and ConfederateDemocratic Narratives | 99 |
Uncle Toms Cabin and the Ethical Critique of Justice | 127 |
5 Exodus Politics and the Redemption of Difference | 172 |
Advocacy and Others Voices | 217 |
Confederate Democracy and the NonInDifferent Constitution | 245 |
Notes | 257 |
Works Cited | 273 |
Index | 289 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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