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Genre/Form: | Trial and arbitral proceedings |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Anastaplo, George, 1925- On trial. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2004 (OCoLC)607349577 Online version: Anastaplo, George, 1925- On trial. Lanham : Lexington Books, ©2004 (OCoLC)607703552 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
George Anastaplo |
ISBN: | 0739107798 9780739107799 0739107801 9780739107805 |
OCLC Number: | 53231236 |
Description: | xx, 499 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | From Adam & Eve to Faustus -- Clytemnestra, Electra, and Orestes -- Jonah and the Ninevites -- Oedipus, Creon, and Antigone -- Abraham and Kierkegaard -- Socrates of Athens -- Jesus of Nazareth -- Joan of Arc -- Shylock and Shakespeare -- Thomas More, the King, and the Pope -- John P. Altgeld and the Haymarketers -- Notorious defendants in our time -- From Spiro T. Agnew to O.J. Simpson. |
Responsibility: | George Anastaplo. |
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In this volume, as in many others that he has written, George Anastaplo does what readers familiar with him take for granted, knowing how often he has done it and forgetting what a rare thing it is. Who else would discuss the trials of great figures in literature an history-as if they were, or had been, equally real, and subject them to a critical examination which assumes that the issues raised by them had not only been out common business as human beings to confront from the beginning, but still are? That is what Mr. Anastaplo does here, with a seriousness that challenges the intellect and imagination we all possess, and will not allow us to claim either the poet's license or the vanished past as reasons to escpe the task of unerstanding, the risk of judgment's call. -- John Van Doren On Trial is a delight to read, at once surprising, challenging, and entertaining. The book reveals its true treasures to the reader who begins to ask, "Who or what is on trial here? Is it O.J.? Or Shylock? Or God?" Anastaplo's interrogation of the witnesses is as profound as it is playful and enchanting. -- Chris Colmo This is a readable, scholarly work. Recommended. * CHOICE * On Trial invites and deserves, and will reward, careful reading. -- John A. Murley Read more...

