Sites unseen : architecture, race, and American literature / William A. Gleason.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:America and the long 19th century.
Main Author: Gleason, William A., 1961-
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2011], ©2011.
Series:America and the long 19th century.
Subjects:
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Architecture in literature.
Race in literature.
Architecture and literature.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Physical Description:xiii, 271 pages.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Race, writing, architecture: American patterns
  • Cottage desire: The bondwoman's narrative and the politics of antebellum space
  • Piazza tales: Architecture, race, and memory in Charles Chesnutt's conjure stories
  • Imperial bungalow: structures of empire in Richard Harding Davis and Olga Beatriz Torres
  • Keyless rooms: Frank Lloyd Wright and Charlie Chan
  • Coda: Black cabin, white house.