Thomas Dixon Jr. and the Birth of Modern America /

"A sweeping yet rigorous analysis of Dixon and his work. The collection approaches the southern intellectual through multiple methodologies--from literary theory and film studies to social history and religious studies. We get an exhaustive yet diverse perspective on Dixon's influence and...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hall, Randal L., 1971-, Gillespie, Michele
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Dixon, Thomas, > Jr., > 1864-1946
Dixon, Thomas, > Jr., > 1864-1946 > Knowledge.
Dixon, Thomas, > Jr., > 1864-1946 > Criticism and interpretation.
Relations raciales dans la litterature.
Racisme au cinema.
Racisme dans la litterature.
Race dans la litterature.
Racism in motion pictures.
Racism in literature.
Race relations in literature.
Race in literature.
National characteristics, American, in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Thomas Dixon: American Proteus / W. Fitzhugh Brundage
  • "My books are hard reading for a Negro": Tom Dixon and his African American critics, 1905-1939 / John David Smith
  • Gender and race in Dixon's religious ideology / Cynthia Lynn Lyerly
  • "Ours is a century of light": Dixon's strange consistency / David Stricklin
  • Thomas Dixon and the literary production of whiteness / Scott Romine
  • Thomas Dixon and race melodrama / Jane M. Gaines
  • The cinematic representation of race in The birth of a nation: a Black horror film / Charlene Regester
  • Do movies have rights? / Louis Menand
  • Epilogue: the enduring worlds of Thomas Dixon / William A. Link.

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