Title Cross-examinations of law and literature : Cooper, Hawthorne, Stowe, and Melville / Brook Thomas

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987

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Description xii, 300 pages ; 24 cm Series Cambridge studies in American literature and culture Cambridge studies in American literature and culture. Contents Individuals, judges, property -- The pioneers; or the sources of American legal history : a critical tale -- The house of the seven gables : Hawthorne's legal story -- The house of the seven gables : Hawthorne's romance of art -- Wage and chattel slavery -- "Benito Cereno" : Melville's narrative of repression -- A sentimental journey : escape from bondage in Uncle Tom's cabin -- Exploitation at home and at sea -- "Bartleby, the scrivener" : fellow servants and free agents on Wall Street -- Contracts and confidence men -- Billy Budd and re-righting legal history -- Measured forms -- Ragged edges Analysis Fiction in English American writers 1776-1861 Special themes Law Fiction in English American writers, 1776-1861. Special themes: Law - Critical studies Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 256-291 Subject Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 -- Criticism and interpretation. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864 -- Criticism and interpretation. Melville, Herman, 1819-1891 -- Criticism and interpretation. Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 -- Criticism and interpretation. American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism. American fiction -- 19th century -- History. Law and literature. Law in literature. Law -- United States -- History. LC no. 86020756 ISBN 0521330815

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