Truth stranger than fiction : race, realism, and the U.S. literary marketplace / Augusta Rohrbach
| Author(s): | Rohrbach, Augusta, 1961- |
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| Subjects: | American fiction--19th century--History and criticism Race in literature Capitalism and literature--United States--History--19th century Economics and literature--United States--History--19th century Antislavery movements--United States--History--19th century African Americans in literature Realism in literature Slavery in literature Money in literature Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879--Influence |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | New York : Palgrave, 2002 |
| LC Classification: | P, PS |
| Table of Contents: | List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Ch. 1. "Truth Stranger and Stronger than Fiction": Reexamining William Lloyd Garrison's The Liberator 1 Ch. 2. Making it Real: The Impact of Slave Narratives on the Literary Marketplace 29 Ch. 3. The Strange Disappearance of Rose Terry Cooke and the Eclipse of American Realism 51 Ch. 4. William Dean Howells without his Mustache 73 Ch. 5. The Manner of the Marketplace: Edith Wharton as a Race Writer 99 Epilogue: Keeping it Real: Truth More Marketable than Fiction? 115 Notes 119 Index 147 |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2001046162 ISBN: 0312239211 Includes bibliographical references (p. [119]-145) and index Contents: "Truth stranger and stronger than fiction": reexamining William Lloyd Garrison's The liberator -- Making it real: the impact of slave narratives on the literary marketplace -- The strange disappearance of Rose Terry Cooke and the eclipse of American realism -- William Dean Howells without his mustache -- The manner of the marketplace: Edith Wharton as race writer -- Keeping it real: truth more marketable than fiction? |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 153 p. : ill. ; 22 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 47625404 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0312239211 |