03163nam 2200829uu 450 991080949070332120230207224150.00-19-772671-21-280-45336-21-4237-5957-50-19-535497-41-60256-163-X10.1093/oso/9780195110630.001.0001(CKB)1000000000363245(EBL)273254(OCoLC)252563824(SSID)ssj0000267841(PQKBManifestationID)11222093(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000267841(PQKBWorkID)10212698(PQKB)11423538(Au-PeEL)EBL273254(CaPaEBR)ebr10278479(CaONFJC)MIL45336(OCoLC)935260982(MiAaPQ)EBC273254(OCoLC)1406784772(StDuBDS)9780197726716(EXLCZ)99100000000036324519980505e20231997 |y |engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe virtues of the vicious Jacob Riis, Stephen Crane, and the spectacle of the slum /Keith Gandal[electronic resource]Oxford :Oxford University Press,2023.1 online resource (217 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 1997.0-19-511063-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.Contents; Introduction; 1 Riis and Charity Writing; 2 Crane and Slum Fiction; 3 The Touristic Ethic and Photography; 4 ""In Search of Excitement"": The Ethics of Entertainment; 5 Self-Esteem and the Tough; 6 Psychological Moralities of the Slum; Afterword; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; YGandal reveals how the slum, in last decade of 19th century America became the source of spectacle in the press, photography and literature. He argues that this interest amounted to a revolution in ethics.Oxford scholarship online.American prose literature19th centuryHistory and criticismDidactic literature, AmericanHistory and criticismSlumsNew York (State)New YorkHistoriographyCity and town life in literatureSocial ethics in literatureSlums in literatureSpectacular, TheAmerican prose literatureHistory and criticism.Didactic literature, AmericanHistory and criticism.SlumsHistoriography.City and town life in literature.Social ethics in literature.Slums in literature.Spectacular, The.307.7640973813.4813.4Gandal Keith1601917DLCDLCUkStDuBDSZStDuBDSZBOOK9910809490703321The virtues of the vicious3936446UNINA