"African Americans in literature." . . "African Americans in literature" . "Race in literature." . . "Race in literature" . "Schwarze." . . "Law in literature." . . "Law in literature" . "Rasse Motiv Literatur USA." . . "Schwarze." . . "Literatura norteamericana Historia y crítica." . . "Citoyenneté." . . "Amerikaanse letterkunde." . . "Droit et littérature." . . "Law and literature." . . "Law and literature" . "Esclavage." . . "Thematologie." . . "Littérature américaine Thèmes, motifs." . . "Citizenship in literature." . . "Citizenship in literature" . "Burgerschap." . . "Bürgerrecht." . . "Sklaverei Motiv Literatur USA." . . "Droit." . . "LITERARY CRITICISM American General." . . "Afro-Américain (peuple) citoyenneté littérature américaine (Etats-Unis) loi race." . . "Justice (Droit)" . . "États-Unis." . . "American literature History and criticism." . . "19e siècle" . . "Littérature américaine." . . "Lois Dans la littérature." . . "American literature." . . "American literature" . "Racisme dans la littérature." . . "Racisme Dans la littérature." . "Race." . . "Derecho en la literatura." . . "Noirs américains dans la littérature." . . "Noirs américains Dans la littérature." . "Thème littéraire." . . "Esclavage dans la littérature." . . "Literatur USA Recht Geschichte 19. Jh." . . "Racismo en la literatura." . . "Literatur." . . "Littérature américaine Histoire et critique." . . "Afro-américain." . . "Slavery." . . "Rassenfrage <Motiv>" . . . . "Amerikaans." . . "Citoyenneté dans la littérature." . . "Citoyenneté Dans la littérature." . "Race dans la littérature." . . "Slavery in literature." . . "Slavery in literature" . "Literaire thema's." . . "Recht Literatur USA Geschichte 19. Jh." . . "Rassen (mens)" . . "USA." . . "Droit dans la littérature." . . "1800 - 1899" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) In this broad ranging and powerful study, Gregg Crane examines the interaction between civic identity, race and justice in American law and literature. Crane recounts the efforts of literary and legal figures to bring the nation's law into line with the moral consensus that slavery and racial oppression were evil. By documenting an actual historical interaction central both to American literature and American constitutional law, Crane reveals the influence of literature on the constitutional discourse of citizenship. Covering such writers as Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Frederick Douglass, and a whole range of novelists, poets, philosophers, politicians, lawyers and judges, this is a remarkably original book, that will revise the relationship between race and nationalism in American literature. Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: American literature History and criticism, Law in literature, Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 Views on slavery, African Americans in literature, Citizenship in literature, Slavery in literature, Racism in literature, Law and literature, Race in literature." . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books" . "Electronic books"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "Livres électroniques" . . . . . . . . "In this broad ranging study, Gregg Crane examines the interaction between civic identity, race and justice in American law and literature. Covering such writers as Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick Douglass, this is a remarkably original book, that will revise the relationship between Race and Nationalism in American literature."@en . . . . . . "Race, citizenship, and law in American literature" . "Race, citizenship, and law in American literature"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Gesetzgebung." . . "Racism in literature." . . "Racism in literature" . "Literatur USA Motiv Rasse." . . "Racisme." . . "Geschichte 1830-1900." . . "Literatur USA Motiv Sklaverei." . .