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The Letter and the Spirit of Nineteenth-Century American Literature: Justice, Politics, Theology

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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, The Letter and the Spirit of Nineteenth-Century American Literature 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.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

Release: January 12, 2005

ISBN: 0773528032

ISBN 13: 9780773528031

The Letter and the Spirit of Nineteenth-Century American Literature: Justice, Politics, Theology

0/5 ( ratings)

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, The Letter and the Spirit of Nineteenth-Century American Literature 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.

Language: English

Pages: 304

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press

Release: January 12, 2005

ISBN: 0773528032

ISBN 13: 9780773528031

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