The virtues of the vicious : Jacob Riis, Stephen Crane, and the spectacle of the slum / / Keith Gandal
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| Autore: |
Gandal Keith
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| Titolo: |
The virtues of the vicious : Jacob Riis, Stephen Crane, and the spectacle of the slum / / Keith Gandal
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 307.7640973 |
| 813.4 | |
| Soggetto topico: | American prose literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
| Didactic literature, American - History and criticism | |
| Slums - New York (State) - New York - Historiography | |
| City and town life in literature | |
| Social ethics in literature | |
| Slums in literature | |
| Spectacular, The | |
| Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 1997. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; Y |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Gandal 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The virtues of the vicious |
| ISBN: | 0-19-772671-2 |
| 1-280-45336-2 | |
| 1-4237-5957-5 | |
| 0-19-535497-4 | |
| 1-60256-163-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910809490703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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