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Barton, John Cyril.

Literary executions capital punishment & American culture, 1820-1925 / [electronic resource] : John Cyril Barton. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: literary executions -- Anti-gallows activism in antebellum American law & literature -- Simms, Child, & the aesthetics of crime and punishment -- Literary executions in popular antebellum fiction -- Hawthorne & the evidentiary value of literature -- Melville, Mackenzie & the Somers affair -- An American travesty: capital punishment & the criminal justice system in Dreiser's An American tragedy -- Epilogue: the death penalty in literature.

ISBN: 9781421413334 1421413337

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Capital punishment--Moral and ethical aspects--History.--United States
Public opinion--United States.
Capital punishment--Public opinion.--United States
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Executions and executioners in literature.
Capital punishment in literature.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PS217.C35 / B37 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 810.9/3556