Performatively speaking : speech and action in antebellum American literature / Debra J. Rosenthal.

By:

Rosenthal, Debra J, 1964- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780813936963
9780813936987

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PS374 .P474 2015

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Contents:

Slave promises and the temperance pledge -- Theorizing the signature in Fanny Fern's Ruth Hall -- The Scarlet A as action -- Verbal violence in Uncle Tom's Cabin -- Action and injurious speech in Moby-Dick -- Conclusion: The right words and national standing.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	PS374.735 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn896701861

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction: Discursive action, or doing by saying -- Slave promises and the temperance pledge -- Theorizing the signature in Fanny Fern's Ruth Hall -- The Scarlet A as action -- Verbal violence in Uncle Tom's Cabin -- Action and injurious speech in Moby-Dick -- Conclusion: The right words and national standing.

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