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Nationalism and the color line in George W. Cable, Mark Twain, and William Faulkner

Barbara Ladd · 1996

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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.

Book details

Year
1996
Language
English
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Editions
2
Pages
232
ISBN
9780807130490

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