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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813936963
  • 9780813936987
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PS374 .P474 2015
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
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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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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