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Quiet testimony

Goldberg, Shari.

Quiet testimony a theory of witnessing from nineteenth-century American literature / [electronic resource] : Shari Goldberg. - First edition. - New York : Fordham University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages cm)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Arriving at quiet -- Emerson: testimony without representation -- Douglass: testimony without identity -- Melville: testimony without voice -- James: testimony without life -- Conclusion: Staying quiet.

9780823254804


Witness bearing (Christianity) in literature.
American literature--History and criticism.--19th century


Electronic books.

PS217.W55 / G65 2013

810.9/382