Letter and the Spirit of Nineteenth-Century American Literature: Justice, Politics, Theology 9780773572317

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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The Justice of Sentencing, or How (Not) to Speak
2 "A" Confession: How to Avoid Speaking the Name of the Father
3 Constituting Justice: Unionist-Republican and Confederate-Democratic Narratives
4 The Feminine, the Judaic, the Pauline, and the Political: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Ethical Critique of Justice
5 Exodus Politics and the Redemption of Difference
6 Rendering Justice in The Grandissimes: Advocacy and Others' Voices
Conclusion: Confederate Democracy and the Non-In-Different Constitution
Notes
Works Cited
Index
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