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American literature, lynching, and the spectator in the crowd : spectacular violence /

American Literature, Lynching, and the Spectator in the Crowd: Spectacular Violence examines spectatorship in texts by Theodore Dreiser, Miriam Michelson, Irvin S. Cobb, and Paul Laurence Dunbar. As a figure who is simultaneously within and outside the crowd, the spectator (often in the form of a re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lelekis, Debbie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Lexington Books, [2015]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A critical introduction: spectatorship and the evolution of crowds in literature the intersection of journalism, politics, and fiction
  • Reporting the crowd
  • The female reporter as spectator and spectacle
  • Confronting the crowd and vigilante violence
  • Recounting the horror of the spectacle.