Writing Across the Color Line: U.S. Print Culture and the Rise of Ethnic Literature, 1877-1920

by Lucas Dietrich

Book Overview

The turn of the twentieth century was a period of experimental possibility for U.S. ethnic literature as a number of writers of color began to collaborate with the predominantly white publishing trade to make their work commercially available. In this new book, Lucas A. Dietrich analyzes publishers' and writers' archives to show how authors -- including Mar a Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Charles W. Chesnutt, Finley Peter Dunne, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Sui...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625344872
• ISBN13: 9781625344878
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher