Literary executions : capital punishment and American culture, 1820-1925 /
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-320) and index
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2014
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| spelling | KOHA-OAI-TEST:5170082020-12-19T17:19:12ZLiterary executions : capital punishment and American culture, 1820-1925 / Barton, John Cyril, author Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,2014engIncludes bibliographical references (pages 271-320) and indexIntroduction: literary executions -- Anti-gallows activism in antebellum American law & literature -- Simms, Child, & the aesthetics of crime and punishment -- Literary executions in popular antebellum fiction -- Hawthorne & the evidentiary value of literature -- Melville, Mackenzie & the Somers affair -- An American travesty: capital punishment & the criminal justice system in Dreiser's An American tragedy -- Epilogue: the death penalty in literaturePSZJBL Capital punishment in literature Executions and executioners in literatureAmerican literatureAmerican literature Capital punishment Capital punishmentURN:ISBN:9781421413327URN:ISBN:1421413329 |
| spellingShingle | Capital punishment in literature Executions and executioners in literature American literature American literature Capital punishment Capital punishment Barton, John Cyril, author Literary executions : capital punishment and American culture, 1820-1925 / |
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| topic | Capital punishment in literature Executions and executioners in literature American literature American literature Capital punishment Capital punishment |
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