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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... Social Sciences , through the Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme , using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada . McGill - Queen's University Press acknowledges the support of the Canada ...
... Social Sciences , through the Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme , using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada . McGill - Queen's University Press acknowledges the support of the Canada ...
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... as the external readers of the original manuscript . Thanks also go to Eliza- beth Hulse for her rigorous copy - editing . The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada provided the assistance of a Acknowledgments.
... as the external readers of the original manuscript . Thanks also go to Eliza- beth Hulse for her rigorous copy - editing . The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada provided the assistance of a Acknowledgments.
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... social philoso- phy ; for if the nation is to have a character as if it were a person , then if persons in the United States are to be the nation's citizens , they need to pledge allegiance to that character . To be a citizen is to ...
... social philoso- phy ; for if the nation is to have a character as if it were a person , then if persons in the United States are to be the nation's citizens , they need to pledge allegiance to that character . To be a citizen is to ...
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... social control over language's meanings . I argue that Anne Hutchinson's use of " light " at- tempts but fails in this regard ; however , it directs attention to the issues in the transcripts concerning grace and works , judgment and ...
... social control over language's meanings . I argue that Anne Hutchinson's use of " light " at- tempts but fails in this regard ; however , it directs attention to the issues in the transcripts concerning grace and works , judgment and ...
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... social com- munication . The problem with presence is not its reality but its read- ability , and in terms not just of Pearl but also of Dimmesdale . He performs a version of this problem in two ways . First , whether his guilt is ...
... social com- munication . The problem with presence is not its reality but its read- ability , and in terms not just of Pearl but also of Dimmesdale . He performs a version of this problem in two ways . First , whether his guilt is ...
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