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The Spectacle of Death: Populist Literary Responses to American Capital Cases
ISBN: 9781591024033 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) In 1787, Benjamin Rush cautioned that public punishments were dangerous to the social and legal authority of the new nation. For Rush, irrepressible human sentiments all but guaranteed that public punishments would turn spectators against the institutions responsible for the punishments. Although public executions of criminals ended early in the 19th century, debate over the morality of capital punishment has continued to this day.
In this unique and fascinating glimpse into public reactions to prominent executions, from colonial times to the 1990s, Kristin Boudreau focuses on the central... In 1787, Benjamin Rush cautioned that public punishments were dangerous to the social and legal authority of the new nation. For Rush, irrepressible h...
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Sympathy in American Literature : American Sentiments from Jefferson to the Jameses
ISBN: 9780813024332 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych (Bez gwarancji dostawy przed świętami) "Impeccably, lucidly, and accessibly written . . . will contribute significantly to our understanding of an important intellectual 'thread' in American cultural and literary history."--Leland S. Person, University of Cincinnati "A coherent and helpful account of the history of attachment and sentimentality from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century . . . that persuasively tracks a very powerful set of writings and enlivens the recovery projects currently occupying a number of scholars in the fields of American literature and culture."--Shirley Samuels, H. Fletcher Brown Professor... "Impeccably, lucidly, and accessibly written . . . will contribute significantly to our understanding of an important intellectual 'thread' in Amer... |
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