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A kiss from Thermopylae : Emily Dickinson and law / James R. Guthrie.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guthrie, James R. (James Robert), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Criticism and interpretation.
- Dickinson, Emily.
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886--Knowledge--Law.
- Law and literature.
- Law in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amherst, [Massachusetts] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : University of Massachusetts Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Born into a family of attorneys, Dickinson absorbed law at home.She employed legal terms and concepts regularly in her writings, and her metaphors grounded in law derive much of their expressive power from a comparatively sophisticated lay knowledge of the various legal and political issues that were roiling nineteenth-century America.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. A Climate of Law
- 1. Delinquent Palaces: Bankruptcy
- 2. Nor Here nor There: Equity
- 3. Seals, Signs, and Rings: Contracts
- 4. Lands with Locks: Property
- 5. Has All a Codicil?: Estates and Trusts
- 6. Felonies, Trials, and Transcendental Prisons: Crime and Punishment
- 7. A Kiss from Thermopylae: The Rule of Law
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index of Poems
- Index
- About the Author
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61376-339-5
- OCLC:
- 919384517
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