The virtues of the vicious [[electronic resource] ] : Jacob Riis, Stephen Crane and the spectacle of the slum / / Keith Gandal

• Autore: Gandal Keith
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997
• 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: Revision of the authors thesis (doctoral)--University of California at Berkeley.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 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: In this study, the author demonstrates how, in the last decade of the 19th century, the slum became a source of spectacle as never before - in newspapers, photographs and literature. With close readings of texts by Crane and Riis, he argues that this amounted to a revolution of 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.: 9910784556303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II