Reconstructing the World : Southern Fictions and U.S. Imperialisms, 1898-1976 /

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"The unending tragedy of Reconstruction," wrote W. E. B. Du Bois, "is the utter inability of the American mind to grasp its... national and worldwide implications." And yet the long shadow of Reconstruction's failure has loomed large in the American imagination, serving as a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stecopoulos, Harilaos (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
1900-1999
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > Southern States > History and criticism.
Imperialism in literature.
Literature and history > Southern States > 20th century.
Regionalism in literature.
American Studies.
Littérature régionale.
Impérialisme dans la littérature.
Littérature et histoire > États-Unis (Sud) > 20e siècle.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Regional .
Literature.
American literature.
Literature and history.
Southern States > In literature.
États-Unis (Sud) > Dans la littérature.
Southern States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. The Geography of Reunion: Thomas Dixon, Charles Chesnutt, and the McKinley Expansionists
  • 2. Up from Empire: James Weldon Johnson, Latin America, and the Jim Crow South
  • 3. "Take Your Geography and Trace It": W. E. B. DuBois and the Reconstruction of the South
  • 4. "Members of the Whole World": Carson McCullers's Military Fictions
  • 5. Mississippi on the Pacific: William Faulkner and Richard Wright in Postwar Asia
  • Epilogue: Alice Walker and the Lost Cause
  • NOTES
  • INDEX

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