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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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references: p. [273]-295
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- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 810.9/3554
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- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- 0773528032 9780773572317
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- PS201
- LCCN Item number
- L63 2005eb
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- 1 electronic text (viii, 295 p.)
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- Canada
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Acknowledgments 8
- Introduction 12
- 1 The Justice of Sentencing, or How (Not) to Speak 35
- 2 "A" Confession: How to Avoid Speaking the Name of the Father 71
- 3 Constituting Justice: Unionist-Republican and Confederate-Democratic Narratives 108
- 4 The Feminine, the Judaic, the Pauline, and the Political: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Ethical Critique of Justice 136
- 5 Exodus Politics and the Redemption of Difference 181
- 6 Rendering Justice in The Grandissimes: Advocacy and Others' Voices 226
- Conclusion: Confederate Democracy and the Non-In-Different Constitution 254
- Notes 266
- Works Cited 282
- Index 298
- A 298
- B 298
- C 299
- D 299
- E 300
- F 300
- G 300
- H 300
- J 301
- K 301
- L 301
- M 301
- N 302
- O 302
- P 302
- R 302
- S 302
- T 303
- U 303
- V 303
- W 303
