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How does literature contest capital punishment? The central question of this book, taken over from Derrida’s seminar The Death Penalty, is pursued in the analyses of four fictional texts. The context of the remains of the death penalty in the contemporary U.S. frames these engagements and extends their pertinence today.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1
1. Beginning with Literature 17
2. Orwell’s Execution 41
3. Is Justice Burning? 61
4. The Sentence Is the Story 95
5. Playing the Law 123
Postmortem 145
Acknowledgments 149
Bibliography 151
Index 159

Literature and the Remains of the Death Penalty

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      Publisher: Fordham University Press
      Publication Date: 16/10/2018
      ISBN13: 9780823282296, 978-0823282296
      ISBN10: 0823282295

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      How does literature contest capital punishment? The central question of this book, taken over from Derrida’s seminar The Death Penalty, is pursued in the analyses of four fictional texts. The context of the remains of the death penalty in the contemporary U.S. frames these engagements and extends their pertinence today.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction 1
      1. Beginning with Literature 17
      2. Orwell’s Execution 41
      3. Is Justice Burning? 61
      4. The Sentence Is the Story 95
      5. Playing the Law 123
      Postmortem 145
      Acknowledgments 149
      Bibliography 151
      Index 159

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