| Description |
1 online resource |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Overlapping Spheres of Literature and Criminal Justice; 1. "The Best Side of a Case of Crime": George Lippard, Walt Whitman, and Antebellum Police Reports; 2. Race, Vigilantism, and the Diffusion of Civic Authority: Measuring Justice in Novels by George Lippard and Richard Hildreth; 3. Carceral Conversions: Redemption via Incarceration in Antebellum American Literature; 4. The Angel in the Penitentiary: Women and Incarceration. |
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5. "Branded with Infamy": Discharged Convicts in Antebellum Crime Novels and The House of the Seven Gables6. Voices from Prison: Antebellum Memoirs of Incarceration; Conclusion: Christian Meadows, Edgar Allan Poe, and the "Magazine Prison-House"; Notes; Index; About the Author; Back Cover. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Justice in literature.
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Justice in literature. |
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American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Law and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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Law and literature. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
1800-1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781625342386 1625342381 (DLC) 2016026498 (OCoLC)947146608 |
| ISBN |
9781613764732 (electronic book) |
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1613764731 (electronic book) |
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9781625342386 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781625342379 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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1625342373 |
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1625342381 |
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