Nationalism and the color line in George W. Cable, Mark Twain, and William Faulkner
By: Barbara Ladd.
Series: Southern literary studies
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Cable, George Washington, 1844-1925 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Criticism and interpretation.; Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Criticism and interpretation.; American fiction -- Southern States -- History and criticism.; American fiction -- White authors -- History and criticism.; National characteristics, American, in literature.; American fiction -- West Indian influences.; African Americans in literature.; Race relations in literature.; Racism in literature.; Southern States -- In literature.
Description: Nationalism and the Color Line in George W. Cable, Mark Twain, and William Faulkner is a strikingly original study of works by three postbellum novelists with strong ties to the Deep South and Mississippi Valley.

In it, Barbara Ladd argues that writers like Cable, Twain, and Faulkner cannot be read exclusively within the context of a nationalistically defined "American" literature, but must also be understood in light of the cultural legacy that French and Spanish colonialism bestowed on the Deep South and the Mississippi River Valley, specifically with respect to the very different ways these colonialist cultures conceptualized race, color, and nationality.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-189) and index.