The Oracle And The Curse
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Author | : Caleb Smith |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 359 |
Release | : 2013-04-30 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0674075862 |
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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 utterances such as Brown’s shaped American literature between the Revolution and the Civil War. In nineteenth-century criminal trials, judges played the role of law’s living oracles, but offenders were also given an opportunity to address the public. When the accused began to turn the tables on their judges, they did so not through rational arguments but by calling down a divine retribution. Widely circulated in newspapers and pamphlets, these curses appeared to channel an otherworldly power, condemning an unjust legal system and summoning readers to the side of righteousness. Exploring the modes of address that communicated the authority of law and the dictates of conscience in antebellum America’s court of public opinion, Caleb Smith offers a new poetics of justice which assesses the nonrational influence that these printed confessions, trial reports, and martyr narratives exerted on their first audiences. Smith shows how writers portrayed struggles for justice as clashes between human law and higher authority, giving voice to a moral protest that transformed American literature.
Author | : Caleb Smith |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2013-04-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0674075846 |
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Caleb Smith explores the confessions, trial reports, maledictions, and martyr narratives that juxtaposed law and conscience in antebellum America’s court of public opinion and shows how writers portrayed struggles for justice as clashes between human law and higher authority, giving voice to a moral protest that transformed American literature.
Author | : Esther Eidinow |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 533 |
Release | : 2007-10-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199277788 |
Download Oracles, Curses, and Risk Among the Ancient Greeks Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A study of the question tablets from the oracle at Dodona and binding-curse tablets from across the ancient Greek world, These tablets reveal the hopes and anxieties of ordinary people, and help us to understand some of the ways in which they managed risk and uncertainty in their daily lives.
Author | : Clive Cussler |
Publisher | : G.P. Putnam's Sons |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0525539611 |
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Husband-and-wife treasure-hunters Sam and Remi Fargo search for an ancient scroll which carries a deadly curse. But their mission becomes more complicated when they run afoul of a band of robbers
Author | : L V Smith |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 2022-04-27 |
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ISBN | : |
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5/5 - "This book exceeded my expectations. It drew my breath from the very first chapters. Not like anything I've read before." Goodreads review 5/5 - "This book is super sexy! It's a must-read. The writing, the scenes, and the whole entire book keeps you wanting more and I can't wait for the second book." Goodreads review The gods are dead, but that doesn't mean they'll stay that way. My name is Ophelia, and I'm cursed. Cursed to live exactly the same life as every woman in my family. Marry a mortal, continue the bloodline and take over the family business. It's not a life I want. I daydream about adventures and freedom; I want to forge my own path and make my own rules. When I start having recurring dreams about a blonde stranger my life turns upside down. His eyes captivate me one Friday morning when he appears in my office and wants a meeting. Betrayal hides around every corner and I don't know whom to trust. That adventure I'd always dreamt of, well, it's here and I need to get to the bottom of this before my life crumbles to dust. One thing is for sure. I'll figure it out or die trying. The Oracle's Curse is a paranormal romance. Expect witches, shifters, gods and a healthy dose of spice. Content notes are available on my website. Book 1 of The Rebirth Duet.
Author | : D. J. MacHale |
Publisher | : Yearling |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2017-09-19 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1524772259 |
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Previously published as Curse of the Boggin. A fast-paced, thrilling series opener from bestselling author D. J. MacHale. Check out a book—and unlock an adventure! There's a place filled with tales that don't have an ending. Puzzles that won't be solved until someone steps in to finish them. Enter the Library. Marcus and his friends have found the key to open it. And they need to use it, because, clearly, something is up. A strange guy in a bathrobe haunts them; fires rage and flare out in an instant; a peculiar old lady keeps telling them, “Surrender the key. . . .” At first Marcus thinks he’s going nuts, until the mystery gets personal. The Library may hold some answers, but the clock is running out. Because on these library shelves, the stories you don’t finish might just finish you. . . . Kids love Surrender the Key (The Library, Book 1): “A mysterious, hard-to-put-down book with a twisting plot, funny characters, and haunting souls. I can’t wait to hear what adventures they have next.” —A.J. H., age 11 “I read enough in just one day to fill my school reading log for a week.” —Michael C., age 10 “A unique, intriguing book filled with page-turning adventures.” —Madeline H., age 12 “Couldn’t put it down. I stayed up reading until 11:00 p.m. with only one thought in my mind: one more chapter!” —Ben H., age 11
Author | : Victoria Laurie |
Publisher | : Delacorte Books for Young Readers |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0385735731 |
Download The Curse of Deadman's Forest Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Determined to recruit six supernaturally gifted children to defeat a growing evil force, Ian and Theodosia Wigby embark on a life-threatening journey through a magic portal in search of a healer who will protect Delphi Keep from a dark enemy.
Author | : Melissa Macfie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023-04-11 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
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Brenawyn has made impossible promises. She has agreed to become the Druid high priestess, she has agreed to restore the balance between worlds, she has promised to save Alexander from a century's old curse, and to top it all off, the god Finvarra has just dropped her 600 years in past so that she can fulfill an ancient prophecy. Now she must make impossible choices: between saving her lover or rescuing her best friend, between staying in the past or returning to the present. But most of all, she must choose who she will become.Oracle's Curse, the third book in The Celtic Prophecy series, takes the reader on a journey to a world of dark magic, a world where dangers abound and Brenawyn has no one to trust.
Author | : Rick Riordan |
Publisher | : Disney Electronic Content |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2009-05-02 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1423131975 |
Download Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book Three: The Titan's Curse Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
When the goddess Artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped. And now it's up to Percy and his friends to find out what happened. Who is powerful enough to kidnap a goddess?
Author | : D. J. MacHale |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018-10-09 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101932619 |
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Check out a book and read your future. . . . It's another page-turning adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author D. J. MacHale! Marcus is an agent of the Library, a place filled with tales that don't have an ending. Puzzles that won't be solved until Marcus and his friends step in to finish them. This time it's their own stories at stake. Theo just visited the Oracle Baz, an old amusement-park machine that spits out fortunes for the cost of a quarter. Fun, right? The only problem is, the oracle's cheap predictions have been coming true . . . and Theo's fortune says that life as he knows it will end on his fourteenth birthday! Plus, Lu's cousin, who also went to the oracle, is missing. Marcus knows where to find help for his friends--the Library. It turns out that the Oracle Baz was a real man who died in a fire long ago. Can a glimpse into the fortune-teller's past change all their futures?