The color of democracy in women's regional writing / Jean Carol Griffith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffith, Jean Carol.

Series:

Studies in American literary realism and naturalism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Book Committee.

American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Women authors, American--Political and social views.

Women authors, American.

Regionalism in literature.

Local history in literature.

Democracy in literature.

Political and social views.

American literature--Women authors.

New York (N.Y.)--In literature.

New York (N.Y.).

Southern States--In literature.

Southern States.

West (U.S.)--In literature.

West (U.S.).

Physical Description:

x, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2009]

Contents:

Introduction: Writing region in the new century

"Is New York such a labyrinth?" : street life and amalgamation in Wharton's and Glasgow's city

Men of the mob and "fascinatingly American" women

"Et que cétait comme dans le livre" : Wharton, the Harlem Renaissance, and all that jazz

"Virginia is not dead but sleepeth": segregation and the "family Black and white" in Glasgow's and Cather's South

Family reunion : slavery as usable past

A house divided : the interracial family and the white supremacist community

"Fortunate country" : old immigrants and new women in Cather's and Wharton's West

How the West was whitened

New women and the world of business

Conclusion: "Always, everywhere, inferior".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780817316617

0817316612

9780817382391

0817382399

OCLC:

277040874