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The shadow of death : literature, romanticism, and the subject of punishment /
"[This book] is a timely and ambitious reassessment of English Romantic literature and the unique role it played in one of the great liberal political causes of the modern age. Mark Canuel argues that Romantic writers in Great Britain led one of the earliest assaults on the death penalty and we...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "[This book] is a timely and ambitious reassessment of English Romantic literature and the unique role it played in one of the great liberal political causes of the modern age. Mark Canuel argues that Romantic writers in Great Britain led one of the earliest assaults on the death penalty and were instrumental in bringing about penal-law reforms. He demonstrates how writers like Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, William Wordsworth, and Jane Austen defined the fundamental contradictions that continue to inform todays debates about capital punishment."--Jacket |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 206 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-202) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1400880238 9781400880232 |