Writing across the color line : U.S. print culture and the rise of ethnic literature, 1877-1920 / Lucas A. Dietrich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dietrich, Lucas A., author.

Series:

Studies in print culture and the history of the book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature publishing--United States--History--19th century.

Literature publishing--United States--History--20th century.

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

American literature--Minority authors--Publishing.

Authors and publishers--United States--History.

Authors and readers--United States--History.

American literature--Minority authors.

Authors and publishers.

Authors and readers.

Literature publishing.

United States.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 199 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2020]

Summary:

"The turn of the twentieth century was a period of experimental possibility for U.S. ethnic literature as a number of writers of color began to collaborate with the predominantly white publishing trade to make their work commercially available. In this new book, Lucas A. Dietrich analyzes publishers' and writers' archives to show how authors-including María Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Charles W. Chesnutt, Finley Peter Dunne, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Sui Sin Far-drew readers into their texts by subverting existing stereotypes and adapting styles of literary regionalism and dialect writing. Writing across the Color Line details how this body of literature was selected for publication, edited, manufactured, advertised, and distributed, even as it faced hostile criticism and frequent misinterpretation by white readers. Shedding light on the transformative potential of multiethnic literature and the tenacity of racist attitudes that dominated the literary marketplace, Dietrich proves that Native American, African American, Latinx, Asian American, and Irish American writers of the period relied on self-caricature, tricksterism, and the careful control of authorial personae to influence white audiences"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Sensational job : María Amparo Ruiz de Burton in the J.B. Lippincott catalog

Across the color line : Charles W. Chesnutt, Houghton Mifflin, and the racial paratext

Satire of whiteness : Finley Peter Dunne's newspaper fictions

Against benevolent readers : The souls of Black folk, Mrs. Spring fragrance,and A. C. McClurg & Co.

Epilogue: The future American.

Notes:

Based on the author's disseration (doctoral)--University of New Hampshire, 2015.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

HSP Credit Line: Pages 466 and 467 in Vol. 71, "General & Publication Ledger No. 5, Special No. 1," Lippincott and Company records [Coll.374] (p.34-35).

ISBN:

9781625344861

1625344864

9781625344878

1625344872

OCLC:

1125310751