Nationalism and the Color Line in George W. Cable, Mark Twain, and William Faulkner

by Barbara Ladd

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807130494
• ISBN13: 9780807130490
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"