Thomas Dixon, Jr. and the birth of modern America / edited by Michele K. Gillespie and Randal L. Hall.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gillespie, Michele.

Hall, Randal L., 1971-

Series:

Making the modern South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946--Criticism and interpretation.

Dixon, Thomas.

Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946--Knowledge and learning--United States.

Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946.

Criticism and interpretation.

United States.

National characteristics, American, in literature.

Race relations in literature.

Racism in motion pictures.

Racism in literature.

Race in literature.

Physical Description:

viii, 224 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2006]

Contents:

Thomas Dixon : American Proteus / W. Fitzhugh Brundage

"My books are hard reading for a Negro" : Tom Dixon and his African American critics, 1905-1939 / John David Smith

Gender and race in Dixon's religious ideology / Cynthia Lynn Lyerly

"Ours is a century of light" : Dixon's strange consistency / David Stricklin

Thomas Dixon and the literary production of whiteness / Scott Romine

Thomas Dixon and race melodrama / Jane M. Gaines

The cinematic representation of race in The birth of a nation : a Black horror film / Charlene Regester

Do movies have rights? / Louis Menand

Epilogue : the enduring worlds of Thomas Dixon / William A. Link.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.

ISBN:

080713130X

OCLC:

65288488