Nat Turner before the bar of judgment : fictional treatments of the Southampton slave insurrection

Nat Turner before the bar of judgment : fictional treatments of the Southampton slave insurrection / Mary Kemp Davis.

Author/creator	Davis, Mary Kemp, 1948-
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©1999.
Description	xiv, 298 pages ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)	Turner, Nat, 1800?-1831--In literature. Nat Turner's Rebellion, Virginia, 1831--Literature and the insurrection. Literature and history--Virginia --History --19th century. Slave rebellions--Virginia --Historiography. American fiction--19th century --History and criticism. American fiction--20th century --History and criticism. Historical fiction, American--History and criticism. African Americans in literature. Slavery in literature.

Series	Southern literary studies Southern literary studies. ^A17900
Contents	The politics of repression : Governor John Floyd's official address -- Let the rope talk : the case of the mute defendants -- The kidnapped witnesses : G.P.R. James's The old dominion -- The grand and solemn voice hushed : Harriet Beecher Stowe's Dred -- The accusing eyes of history : Mary Spear Tiernan's Homoselle -- Transgressing the codes : Pauline Carrington Rust Bouvé's Their shadows before -- The crime of innocence : Daniel Panger's Ol' prophet Nat -- The hour of his judgment : William Styron's The confessions of Nat Turner.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	98024707
ISBN	0807122491 (cloth : alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS374.S725 D38 1999	✔ Available	Place Hold