02043nam a2200373 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020004300112020004000155020002700195040002100222035002100243043001200264050002600276082001900302100002700321245015000348260005100498300001400549504006400563505049400627533015201121650006601273650003501339650003801374650006601412655002901478710001701507856012601524999001901650ebr10500160CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||110418s2011    iau     sb    001 0 eng d  z  2011014153  z9781609380489 (pbk. : acid-free paper)  z1609380487 (pbk. : acid-free paper)  z9781609380496 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)744451866  an-us---14aPS366.S62bJ66 2011eb04a810.9/35562221 aJones, Paul C.,d1969-10aAgainst the gallowsh[electronic resource] :bantebellum American writers and the movement to abolish capital punishment /cPaul Christian Jones.  aIowa City :bUniversity of Iowa Press,cc2011.  ax, 230 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-222) and index.0 aHaunted by the gallows: Antebellum American literature and capital punishment -- The politics of poetry: The democratic review and anti-gallows verse in 1840s America -- The American Newgate novel: Antebellum crime fiction and anti- gallows sympathy -- Walt Whitman's anti-gallows writing: The appeal to Christian sympathy -- Women's anti-gallows writing: The sentimental strategy of E. D. E. N. Southworth -- Herman Melville's Billy Budd: The legacy of antebellum anti-gallows literature.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2011.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aLiterature and societyzUnited StatesxHistoryy19th century. 0aSocial problems in literature. 0aCapital punishment in literature. 0aCapital punishmentxMoral and ethical aspectszUnited States. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10500160zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view  c241728d241728