The Oracle and the Curse: A Poetics of Justice from the Revolution to the Civil War by Caleb Smith

The Oracle and the Curse: A Poetics of Justice from the Revolution to the Civil War

Caleb Smith

288 pages missing pub info (editions)

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Condemned to hang after his raid on Harper's Ferry, John Brown prophesied that the crimes of a slave-holding land would be purged away only with blood. A study of omens, maledictions, and inspired invocations, The Oracle and the Curse examines how...

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