Shadow of death, the: literature, romanticism, and the subject of punishment
Auteur :
Canuel, Mark
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691171210
Date de publication :
26 juil. 2016
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
349 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The Shadow of Death is a timely and ambitious reassessment of English Romantic literature and the unique role it played in one of the great liberal political causes of the modern age. Mark Canuel argues that Romantic writers in Great Britain led one of the earliest assaults on the death penalty and were instrumental in bringing about penal-law refo