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2、slawintolinewiththemoralconsen-susthatslaveryandracialoppressionwereevil.BydocumentinganactualhistoricalinteractioncentralbothtoAmericanlitera-tureandAmericanconstitutionallaw,Cranerevealstheinfluenceofliteratureontheconstitutionaldiscourseofcitizenship.Coveringsuchwri
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4、stantProfessorofEnglishatMiamiUniversity.HehasbeenamemberoftheStateBarofCaliforniasince.HehaspublishedinAmericanLiteraryHistory,AmericanLiterature,Nineteenth-CenturyLiteratureandHastingsConstitutionalLawQuarterly.CAMBRIDGESTUDIESINAMERICANLITERATUREANDCULTUREEdito
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