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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... represent in - justice to the others of this world . The trace of this ethical persecution can be recognized in the ... representing what it could , might , and should be ? I draw on the work of Emmanuel Levinas in this re- gard , but ...
... represent in - justice to the others of this world . The trace of this ethical persecution can be recognized in the ... representing what it could , might , and should be ? I draw on the work of Emmanuel Levinas in this re- gard , but ...
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... represent , to thematize , to ar- range language for the other . Love is an activity , the bringing of the right language , language as justice . In these terms , themes of justice in Harriet Beecher Stowe's work , for instance , are ...
... represent , to thematize , to ar- range language for the other . Love is an activity , the bringing of the right language , language as justice . In these terms , themes of justice in Harriet Beecher Stowe's work , for instance , are ...
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... represent others , to state plaintiff claims , to work with and against the language of the law , and to express in literary language , claims that legal language appears ill fitted to pronounce . In American democratic pluralism ...
... represent others , to state plaintiff claims , to work with and against the language of the law , and to express in literary language , claims that legal language appears ill fitted to pronounce . In American democratic pluralism ...
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... represents how justice is not only a construction of legal theory but also a product of political the- ory . Determining the kind of federalism that the governmental struc- ture and series of rights laid out by the Constitution bring ...
... represents how justice is not only a construction of legal theory but also a product of political the- ory . Determining the kind of federalism that the governmental struc- ture and series of rights laid out by the Constitution bring ...
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... represents the agreed - upon principles of democracy and justice , which can be amended and which will govern , not the ... represent theoretically and practically to the male - governed community , and the potential of re- thinking how ...
... represents the agreed - upon principles of democracy and justice , which can be amended and which will govern , not the ... represent theoretically and practically to the male - governed community , and the potential of re- thinking how ...
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
according African American alterity Anne Hutchinson annunciation Antinomian argue articulated becomes biblical body Cable Calvin Ellis Stowe captivity Christ Christian confederate confederate-democratic congregationalism Constitution construction context conversion covenant Creoles cultural democracy difference Dimmesdale discourse divine emancipation enables equality ethical Exodus faith father feminine figure Frowenfeld function God's Grandissimes H.B. Stowe Harriet Beecher Stowe Hebrew Bible Hester human language identity individual interpretation issues Jesus Jews judgment justice Levinas Liberia liberty logic magistrates male Mary Rowlandson masculinity material meaning ment ministers narrative nation one's particular performance persons plurality political position possibility promote Puritan question racial radical reading Reconstruction redemption relation rendered represent representation revelation rhetoric Rowlandson Scarlet Letter sense sentiment signifies slavery slaves social Sojourner Truth soul speak speech spirit Stowe's structure suggests temporal theological thing tion translation Uncle Tom's Cabin understanding union unionist unionist-republican voice woman women word writing