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The spectacle of death : populist literary responses to American capital cases

Title: The spectacle of death : populist literary responses to American capital cases / Kristin Boudreau.
Author: Boudreau, Kristin, 1965-
Publication: Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2006.

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292 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-280) and index.

Contents

Theoretical introduction to execution literature: early American criminal narratives, the power of reading, and the problem of public sentiments -- Rewriting the Fall River murder : a factory town turns to sentimental narratives -- The Haymarket Anarchist Trial of 1886 -- Wisdom, justice and moderation abandoned : the lynching of Leo Frank -- No other remedy : community awakening and the lynching of Emmett Till -- Witnesses to an execution : Norman Mailer's spectacle of death -- The sweetheart of death row : Karla Faye Tucker and the problem of public sentiments -- Artful uprisings : the campaign against capital punishment.

Call Number

JFE 06-8522

ISBN

159102403X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2005038056
9781591024033

OCLC

62888228
vendorOCM62888228

Author

Boudreau, Kristin, 1965-

Title

The spectacle of death : populist literary responses to American capital cases / Kristin Boudreau.

Imprint

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2006.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-280) and index.

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9781591024033

Research Call Number

JFE 06-8522

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