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
Formats: Print
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

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