
Edith Wharton and the politics of race / Jennie A. Kassanoff
Tác giả : Jennie A. Kassanoff
Nhà xuất bản : Cambridge Univesity Press
Năm xuất bản : 2004
Nơi xuất bản : New York
Mô tả vật lý : xii, 226 p. ; 24 cm
ISBN : 9780521830898
Số phân loại : 813.52
Tùng thư :
Cambridge studies in American literature and culture
Chủ đề : 1. Văn học Mỹ. 2. Immigrants in literature. 3. Politics and literature -- History -- 20th century -- United States. 4. Race in literature. 5. Race relations in literature. 6. Văn học Mỹ.
Thông tin chi tiết
Tóm tắt : | Edith Wharton feared that the "ill-bred"(the foreign and poor) would overwhelm a native American elite. Drawing on a range of turn-of-the-century social documents, unpublished archival material and all of Wharton's novels, Jennifer Kassanoff argues that a more accurate picture of her appreciation of American culture and democracy develops through less engagement with these controversial views. She pursues her theme by documenting Wharton's spirited participation in turn-of-the-century discourses ranging from euthanasia and tourism to pragmatism and Native Americans |
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