Letter and the Spirit of Nineteenth-Century American Literature: Justice, Politics, TheologyMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 12 janv. 2005 - 304 pages 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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... Difference 172 6 Rendering Justice in The Grandissimes : Advocacy and Others ' Voices 217 Conclusion : Confederate Democracy and the Non - In - Different Constitution 245 Notes 257 Works Cited 273 Index 289 This page intentionally left ...
... Difference 172 6 Rendering Justice in The Grandissimes : Advocacy and Others ' Voices 217 Conclusion : Confederate Democracy and the Non - In - Different Constitution 245 Notes 257 Works Cited 273 Index 289 This page intentionally left ...
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... difference to " representation . " If representation promotes communi- cative content , and thus constructs themes and employs pre - existent discourses and styles , then manifestation is akin to the poetic and sometimes performative ...
... difference to " representation . " If representation promotes communi- cative content , and thus constructs themes and employs pre - existent discourses and styles , then manifestation is akin to the poetic and sometimes performative ...
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... differences ( persons , citizens , and states ) together and as the forging of a republican nation . The Consti- tution is therefore not contract but creation . However , while the people create the nation in language , the nation then ...
... differences ( persons , citizens , and states ) together and as the forging of a republican nation . The Consti- tution is therefore not contract but creation . However , while the people create the nation in language , the nation then ...
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... differences could be brought together and repre- sented equally in their discourses and practices , then pluralism and ... difference – such pressure that it is unlikely that minorities ( racial or simply interest - based communities ) ...
... differences could be brought together and repre- sented equally in their discourses and practices , then pluralism and ... difference – such pressure that it is unlikely that minorities ( racial or simply interest - based communities ) ...
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... differences in relation , and justice as the system that seeks to order relations according to the principles of rightness , while judging the performance of democracy . And it should be no surprise that in charged moments , the pursuit ...
... differences in relation , and justice as the system that seeks to order relations according to the principles of rightness , while judging the performance of democracy . And it should be no surprise that in charged moments , the pursuit ...
Table des matières
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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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Expressions et termes fréquents
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