Democracy's Spectacle: Sovereignty and Public Life in Antebellum American Writing (American Literatures Initiative) (Fordham University Press)

by JenniferGreiman (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $95.02

  Tracks the crises of sovereign power as it migrates out of the state to become a constitutive feature of the public sphere. Bringing together literature and political theory, this title argues that the antebellum public sphere emerges as a spectacle with investments in both punishment and entertainment.