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Cross-examinations of law and literature : Cooper, Hawthorne, Stowe, and Melville / Brook Thomas.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in American literature and culturePublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987.Description: xii, 300 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521330815
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813/.3/09355 19
LOC classification:
  • PS374.L34 T56 1987
Contents:
Individuals, judges, property -- The pioneers; or the sources of American legal history : a critical tale -- The house of the seven gables : Hawthorne's legal story -- The house of the seven gables : Hawthorne's romance of art -- Wage and chattel slavery -- "Benito Cereno" : Melville's narrative of repression -- A sentimental journey : escape from bondage in Uncle Tom's cabin -- Exploitation at home and at sea -- "Bartleby, the scrivener" : fellow servants and free agents on Wall Street -- Contracts and confidence men -- Billy Budd and re-righting legal history -- Measured forms -- Ragged edges.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks PS374.L34T56 1987 1 Available 33710000032610

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 256-291.

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Individuals, judges, property -- The pioneers; or the sources of American legal history : a critical tale -- The house of the seven gables : Hawthorne's legal story -- The house of the seven gables : Hawthorne's romance of art -- Wage and chattel slavery -- "Benito Cereno" : Melville's narrative of repression -- A sentimental journey : escape from bondage in Uncle Tom's cabin -- Exploitation at home and at sea -- "Bartleby, the scrivener" : fellow servants and free agents on Wall Street -- Contracts and confidence men -- Billy Budd and re-righting legal history -- Measured forms -- Ragged edges.