Contents |
Haunted by the gallows: Antebellum American literature and capital punishment -- The politics of poetry: The democratic review and anti-gallows verse in 1840s America -- The American Newgate novel: Antebellum crime fiction and anti- gallows sympathy -- Walt Whitman's anti-gallows writing: The appeal to Christian sympathy -- Women's anti-gallows writing: The sentimental strategy of E. D. E. N. Southworth -- Herman Melville's Billy Budd: The legacy of antebellum anti-gallows literature. |
Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-222) and index. |
Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
Genre/form | Electronic books. |
LCCN | 2011014153 |
ISBN | 9781609380489 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
ISBN | 1609380487 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
ISBN | 9781609380496 (e-book) |
ISBN | 1609380495 (e-book) |