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Romances of the white man's burden

Wells, Jeremy, 1971-

Romances of the white man's burden race, empire, and the plantation in American literature, 1880-1936 / [electronic resource] : Jeremy Wells. - Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (238 p. ) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : white southern men and the burden of empire -- Uncle Remus's empire -- "The Old South under new conditions" : Henry W. Grady, Thomas Nelson Page, and new southern manhood -- Manifest destinies, invisible empires : Thomas Dixon's imperial fantasies -- "White babies ... struggling": William Faulkner and the white man's burden -- Conclusion : plantation nationhood and the myth of southern otherness.

9780826517586




Imperialism in literature.
Plantation life in literature.
Race in literature.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
American fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
American literature--History and criticism.--Southern States


Southern States--In literature.
Southern States--Intellectual life--20th century.
Southern States--Intellectual life--19th century.


Electronic books.

PS261 / .W45 2011

813/.509355