Literary Executions Capital Punishment and American Culture, 1820-1925

Examines literary and legal sources to document thoughts and feelings about capital punishment in the United States over the long nineteenth century.Drawing from legal and extralegal discourse but focusing on imaginative literature, Literary Executions examines representations of, responses to, and...

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Language:English
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2014
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