Nationalism and the color line in George W. Cable, Mark Twain, and William Faulkner / Barbara Ladd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ladd, Barbara.

Series:

Southern literary studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.

Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.

Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925.

American fiction--Southern States--History and criticism.

American fiction.

American fiction--White authors.

Political and social views.

Southern States.

Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925--Political and social views.

Cable, George Washington.

Faulkner, William, 1897-1962--Political and social views.

Faulkner, William.

Twain, Mark, 1835-1910--Political and social views.

Twain, Mark.

American fiction--White authors--History and criticism.

National characteristics, American, in literature.

American fiction--West Indian influences.

Southern States--In literature.

African Americans in literature.

Race relations in literature.

Racism in literature.

Physical Description:

xix, 197 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [1996]

Summary:

Nationalism and the Color Line in George W. Cable, Mark Twain, and William Faulkner is a strikingly original study of works by three postbellum novelists with strong ties to the Deep South and Mississippi Valley. In it, Barbara Ladd argues that writers like Cable, Twain, and Faulkner cannot be read exclusively within the context of a nationalistically defined "American" literature, but must also be understood in light of the cultural legacy that French and Spanish colonialism bestowed on the Deep South and the Mississippi River Valley, specifically with respect to the very different ways these colonialist cultures conceptualized race, color, and nationality.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-189) and index.

ISBN:

0807120650

OCLC:

34675754