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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... ideas . Early on in my studies , Deborah Esch transformed the way this polit- ical philosophy cum music education grad approached literature . Her influence made a significant mark . While I was at the University of Cal- gary , Eric ...
... ideas . Early on in my studies , Deborah Esch transformed the way this polit- ical philosophy cum music education grad approached literature . Her influence made a significant mark . While I was at the University of Cal- gary , Eric ...
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... idea , which takes shape , and only in the sense of outline , in the conclusion . In some sense , the book is only a prolegomenon to a theory of justice proper . This is not to dis- miss the literary analyses found here and what they ...
... idea , which takes shape , and only in the sense of outline , in the conclusion . In some sense , the book is only a prolegomenon to a theory of justice proper . This is not to dis- miss the literary analyses found here and what they ...
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... idea , process , and stakes of constitutional hermeneutics in the theocracy of Puritan Mas- sachusetts Bay , where the stakes of reading the Word impacted upon the individual through the community and vice versa . Theological is- sues ...
... idea , process , and stakes of constitutional hermeneutics in the theocracy of Puritan Mas- sachusetts Bay , where the stakes of reading the Word impacted upon the individual through the community and vice versa . Theological is- sues ...
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... ideas . The loci that I establish are Anne Hutchinson , Mary Row- landson , Nathaniel Hawthorne , Abraham Lincoln , John C. Calhoun , Harriet Beecher Stowe , Rebecca Harding Davis , Sojourner Truth , and George Washington Cable . The ...
... ideas . The loci that I establish are Anne Hutchinson , Mary Row- landson , Nathaniel Hawthorne , Abraham Lincoln , John C. Calhoun , Harriet Beecher Stowe , Rebecca Harding Davis , Sojourner Truth , and George Washington Cable . The ...
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... ideas and responding with powerful unilateral action censure , imprisonment , war in order to silence debate and maintain governance . I investigate specific instances of anti - nomian conflict , played out in language , and the sorts ...
... ideas and responding with powerful unilateral action censure , imprisonment , war in order to silence debate and maintain governance . I investigate specific instances of anti - nomian conflict , played out in language , and the sorts ...
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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