Title Romances of the white man's burden : race, empire, and the plantation in American literature 1880-1936 / Jeremy Wells

Published Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, ©2011

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Description 1 online resource (238 pages) Contents Introduction : white southern men and the burden of empire -- Uncle Remus's empire -- "The Old South under new conditions" : Henry W. Grady, Thomas Nelson Page, and new southern manhood -- Manifest destinies, invisible empires : Thomas Dixon's imperial fantasies -- "White babies ... struggling": William Faulkner and the white man's burden -- Conclusion : plantation nationhood and the myth of southern otherness Summary The Plantation South as America Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-228) and index Notes Print version record Subject American literature -- Southern States -- History and criticism American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism Race in literature. Plantation life in literature. Imperialism in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. American fiction American literature Imperialism in literature Intellectual life Literature Plantation life in literature Race in literature Literatur Nationalcharakter Ethnische Beziehungen Motiv Plantage Motiv Imperialismus Motiv Bellettrie. Amerikaans. Rassen (mens) Plantages. SUBJECT Southern States -- Intellectual life -- 19th century Southern States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century Southern States -- In literature Subject Southern States USA -- Südstaaten Genre/Form Electronic books Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780826517586 0826517587 1283053810 9781283053815

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