Title Performatively speaking : speech and action in antebellum American literature / Debra J. Rosenthal.

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Description	1 online resource
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Introduction: Discursive action, or doing by saying -- Slave promises and the temperance pledge -- Theorizing the signature in Fanny Fern's Ruth Hall -- The Scarlet A as action -- Verbal violence in Uncle Tom's Cabin -- Action and injurious speech in Moby-Dick -- Conclusion: The right words and national standing.
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Subject	American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
	American fiction.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Speech in literature.
	Speech in literature.
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Rosenthal, Debra J., 1964- Performatively speaking 9780813936963 (DLC) 2014025631 (OCoLC)890377273
ISBN	9780813936963 electronic book
	0813936969 electronic book
	9780813936987 electronic book
	0813936985 electronic book
	9780813936970
	0813936977