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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... Redemption of 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 ...
... Redemption of 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 ...
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... redemption and the image of perfection here on earth , the Constitution strove for the " more Perfect " possibility of states united according to right principles of justice . Each of these cases is cast in a triadic or trinitarian ...
... redemption and the image of perfection here on earth , the Constitution strove for the " more Perfect " possibility of states united according to right principles of justice . Each of these cases is cast in a triadic or trinitarian ...
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... redemption as itself the image of the relation to the absolute Other that enables such human strivings at all . In order to theorize the difficulty of language as manifestation as it annunciates itself into politics and theology in ...
... redemption as itself the image of the relation to the absolute Other that enables such human strivings at all . In order to theorize the difficulty of language as manifestation as it annunciates itself into politics and theology in ...
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... redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testa- ment , they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inher- itance " ( Heb . 9 : 14-15 ) . In Christian theological terms , this passage is important in ...
... redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testa- ment , they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inher- itance " ( Heb . 9 : 14-15 ) . In Christian theological terms , this passage is important in ...
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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