Performatively speaking : speech and action in antebellum American literature /
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| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10991585 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Discursive action, or doing by saying
- Slave promises and the temperance pledge
- Theorizing the signature in Fanny Fern's Ruth Hall
- The Scarlet A as action
- Verbal violence in Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Action and injurious speech in Moby-Dick
- Conclusion: The right words and national standing.