Writing across the color line : U.S. print culture and the rise of ethnic literature, 1877-1920 / Lucas A. Dietrich.

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"The turn of the twentieth century was a period of experimental possibility for U.S. ethnic literature as a number of writers of color began to collaborate with the predominantly white publishing trade to make their work commercially available. In this new book, Lucas A. Dietrich analyzes publishers...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Studies in print culture and the history of the book.
Main Author: Dietrich, Lucas A. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2020]
Series:Studies in print culture and the history of the book.
Subjects:
Literature publishing > United States > History > 19th century.
Literature publishing > United States > History > 20th century.
American literature > Minority authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Minority authors > Publishing.
Authors and publishers > United States > History.
Authors and readers > United States > History.
American literature > Minority authors.
Authors and publishers.
Authors and readers.
Literature publishing.
United States.
1800-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Physical Description:xi, 199 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Sensational job : María Amparo Ruiz de Burton in the J.B. Lippincott catalog
  • Across the color line : Charles W. Chesnutt, Houghton Mifflin, and the racial paratext
  • Satire of whiteness : Finley Peter Dunne's newspaper fictions
  • Against benevolent readers : The souls of Black folk, Mrs. Spring fragrance,and A. C. McClurg & Co.
  • Epilogue: The future American.