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Literature and the remains of the death penalty /

How does literature contest capital punishment? The central question of this book, taken over from Derrida's seminar The Death Penalty, is pursued in the analyses of four fictional texts. The context of the remains of the death penalty in the contemporary U.S. frames these engagements and exten...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kamuf, Peggy, 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Idiom (Fordham University Press)
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Contents; Introduction; 1. Beginning with Literature; 2. Orwell's Execution; 3. Is Justice Burning?; 4. The Sentence is the Story; 5. Playing the Law; Postmorten; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index.