Author

Publication

1996 - Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Language

English

Word Count

49,250 words, Guess

Page Count

197 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
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  • LibraryThing8421639

Classifications

  • DDC810.9/975
  • LCCPS261 .L33 1996

Description

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.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Southern literary studies

Other Editions

  • Nationalism and the color line in George W. Cable, Mark Twain, and William FaulknerLouisiana State University Press1996-01-01

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