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Victory of Law: The Fourteenth Amendment, the Civil War, and American Literature, 1852–1867
Deak Nabers
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Hardback. Examines ideas about the nature of law as reflected in literary and political writing before, during, and after the American Civil War. This work traces the evolution of antislavery thought from its pre-war opposition to the constitutional order of the young nation to its elevation of the US Constitution as an expression of the ideal of justice. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJP; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
In Victory of Law, Deak Nabers examines developing ideas about the nature of law as reflected in literary and political writing before, during, and after the American Civil War. Nabers traces the evolution of antislavery thought from its pre-war opposition to the constitutional order of the young nation to its ultimate elevation of the U.S. Constitution as an expression of the ideal of justice-an ideal embodied in the Fourteenth Amendment. Nabers shows how the intellectual history of the Fourteenth Amendment was rooted in literary sources-including Herman Melville's Battle-Pieces, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, and William Wells ... Read more
In Victory of Law, Deak Nabers examines developing ideas about the nature of law as reflected in literary and political writing before, during, and after the American Civil War. Nabers traces the evolution of antislavery thought from its pre-war opposition to the constitutional order of the young nation to its ultimate elevation of the U.S. Constitution as an expression of the ideal of justice-an ideal embodied in the Fourteenth Amendment. Nabers shows how the intellectual history of the Fourteenth Amendment was rooted in literary sources-including Herman Melville's Battle-Pieces, Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, and William Wells ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801883507
SKU
V9780801883507
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About Deak Nabers
Deak Nabers is an assistant professor of English at Brown University.
Reviews for Victory of Law: The Fourteenth Amendment, the Civil War, and American Literature, 1852–1867
A dense, important, and thought-provoking book.
Michael Kent Curtis Civil War Book Review 2007 Pays good attention to genre, aesthetics, and language, offering compelling and original interpretations that make significant contributions.
Maurice S. Lee New England Quarterly 2007 Intriguing.
Daniel A. Farber American Historical Review 2007 Victory of Law is a valuable addition to the growing scholarship ... Read more
Michael Kent Curtis Civil War Book Review 2007 Pays good attention to genre, aesthetics, and language, offering compelling and original interpretations that make significant contributions.
Maurice S. Lee New England Quarterly 2007 Intriguing.
Daniel A. Farber American Historical Review 2007 Victory of Law is a valuable addition to the growing scholarship ... Read more