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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... and performed in law and politics . The legal system , and jurisprudence more generally , works within a closed discourse to produce the principles that allow for justice to 6 The Letter and the Spirit of 19th - Century American Literature.
... and performed in law and politics . The legal system , and jurisprudence more generally , works within a closed discourse to produce the principles that allow for justice to 6 The Letter and the Spirit of 19th - Century American Literature.
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Justice, Politics, Theology Thomas Loebel. discourse to produce the principles that allow for justice to be pro- nounced . The problem , however , as Jean - François Lyotard's work on the differend details , is that the system cannot ...
Justice, Politics, Theology Thomas Loebel. discourse to produce the principles that allow for justice to be pro- nounced . The problem , however , as Jean - François Lyotard's work on the differend details , is that the system cannot ...
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... principles of justice . This is to say that while the Constitution forms a more perfect union , one still has to fig- ure out what that form , and therefore the Union , actually is . Once this is determined , the principles of justice ...
... principles of justice . This is to say that while the Constitution forms a more perfect union , one still has to fig- ure out what that form , and therefore the Union , actually is . Once this is determined , the principles of justice ...
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Justice, Politics, Theology Thomas Loebel. federalism , and the principles of democracy . Unionist - republicanism and confederate - democracy do not in any way fall in line with simplified di- visions between the Republican and ...
Justice, Politics, Theology Thomas Loebel. federalism , and the principles of democracy . Unionist - republicanism and confederate - democracy do not in any way fall in line with simplified di- visions between the Republican and ...
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... principles of democracy and justice , which can be amended and which will govern , not the identity of individual or group lives , but the thresholds and contact zones at which they interact and may clash . There need not be a nation as ...
... principles of democracy and justice , which can be amended and which will govern , not the identity of individual or group lives , but the thresholds and contact zones at which they interact and may clash . There need not be a nation as ...
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