Literary Executions Capital Punishment and American Culture, 1820-1925
Examines literary and legal sources to document thoughts and feelings about capital punishment in the United States over the long nineteenth century.Drawing from legal and extralegal discourse but focusing on imaginative literature, Literary Executions examines representations of, responses to, and...
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Main Author: | Barton, John Cyril (auth) |
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Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
2014
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