TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Caleb
TI  - The oracle and the curse: a poetics of justice from the Revolution to the Civil War 
SN  - 9780674075849 (ebook)
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - American literature
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Law and literature
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Social justice in literature
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: The poetics of Justice -- Oracles of Law -- Oracles of God -- Blasphemy "at the court of Hell" -- Evil Speaking, "a bridle for the unbridled tongue" -- The Curse of Slavery -- Words of Fire -- Epilogue: The Curse at Sea
UR  - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/nationallibgovin/Doc?id=10678054
ER  -