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Record Nr.

UNINA9910552777503321

Autore

Barrish Phillip

Titolo

White Liberal Identity, Literary Pedagogy, and Classic Realism / Phillip Barrish

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Columbus : , : Ohio State University Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

0-8142-7264-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 168 p. :) : ill. ;

Disciplina

810.9/358

Soggetti

Race in literature

Realism in literature

Sex role in literature

Group identity in literature

Race relations in literature

Ethnic relations in literature

Didactic fiction, American - History and criticism

Liberalism in literature

American fiction - White authors - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-161) and index.

Nota di contenuto

What Edith Wharton teaches about the defense of affirmative action -- Mark Twain and the secret joys of antiracist pedagogy -- Gender, liberalism, and racial geometry -- Awakened White femininity and a shaping Mexicanist presence -- Trafficking in liberal masculinities -- American innocence vs. liberal guilt -- "A good fellow wronged" : Christopher Newman and the feeling of American exceptionalism -- Liberal guilt and the age of innocence.