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Shadow of death : literature, romanticism and the subject of punishment
- Title
- Shadow of death : literature, romanticism and the subject of punishment / Mark Canuel.
- Author
- Canuel, Mark
- Publication
- Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock, Oxfordshire [England] : Princeton University Press, c2007.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 206 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Alternative Title
- Literature, romanticism and the subject of punishment
- Subject
- Romanticism
- Punishment in literature
- Justice in literature
- Death in literature
- English literature > 18th century > History and criticism
- English literature > 19th century > History and criticism
- Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 18th century
- Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 19th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-202) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Cain's legacy, Nietzsche's complaint -- "The horrors of my dreams" -- Uncertain providence and certain punishment: Hannah More -- "Shuddering o'er the grave": Wordsworth, poetry, and the punishment of death -- Jane Austen, the romantic novel, and the importance of being wrong -- Coleridge, Shelley, and the poetics of conscience -- The two abolitions -- Coda: the culture of the death penalty.
- Call Number
- JFE 07-7049
- ISBN
- 9780691129617 (acid-free paper)
- 0691129614 (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- 2007920513
- OCLC
- 123374726
- Author
- Canuel, Mark.
- Title
- Shadow of death : literature, romanticism and the subject of punishment / Mark Canuel.
- Imprint
- Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock, Oxfordshire [England] : Princeton University Press, c2007.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-202) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 07-7049