The virtues of the vicious : Jacob Riis, Stephen Crane, and the spectacle of the slum / Keith Gandal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gandal, Keith, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American prose literature--19th century--History and criticism.

American prose literature.

Didactic literature, American--History and criticism.

Didactic literature, American.

Slums--New York (State)--New York--Historiography.

Slums.

City and town life in literature.

Social ethics in literature.

Slums in literature.

Spectacular, The.

Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900 Maggie, a girl of the streets.

Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914. How the other half lives.

Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914--Influence.

Local Subjects:

Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900 Maggie, a girl of the streets.

Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914. How the other half lives.

Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gandal reveals how the slum, in last decade of 19th century America became the source of spectacle in the press, photography and literature. He argues that this interest amounted to a revolution in ethics.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1 Riis and Charity Writing; 2 Crane and Slum Fiction; 3 The Touristic Ethic and Photography; 4 ""In Search of Excitement"": The Ethics of Entertainment; 5 Self-Esteem and the Tough; 6 Psychological Moralities of the Slum; Afterword; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772671-2

1-280-45336-2

1-4237-5957-5

0-19-535497-4

1-60256-163-X

OCLC:

252563824