TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Caleb TI - The Oracle and the Curse: A Poetics of Justice from the Revolution to the Civil War SN - 9780674075849 AV - PS169 .O733 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - Harvard University Press KW - American literature KW - History and criticism KW - Law and literature KW - United States KW - History KW - Social justice in literature KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Introduction: The poetics of Justice --; Oracles of Law --; Oracles of God --; Blasphemy "at the court of Hell" --; Evil Speaking, "a bridle for the unbridled tongue" --; The Curse of Slavery --; Words of Fire --; Epilogue: The Curse at Sea; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=520780&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -