Sitting in Darkness

By Peter Schmidt

Subjects: American fiction, Rassendiskriminierung, Erzählprosa, Southern states, in literature, In literature, Reconstruction (United States : 1865-1877) in literature, Literature, African americans in literature, Race relations in literature, Imperialism in literature, Südstaaten, African Americans in literature, Geschichte, USA, American fiction, history and criticism, Literature and history, Imperialismus, Literatur, Südstaaten (Motiv), Rassenbeziehung (Motiv), Citizenship in literature, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) in literature, Bildung, History and criticism, Education in literature, History, Ethnische Beziehungen, Schwarze

Description: Sitting in Darkness explores how fiction of the Reconstruction and the New South intervenes in debates over black schools, citizen-building, Jim Crow discrimination, and U.S. foreign policy towards its territories and dependencies. The author urges a reexamination not only of the contents and formal innovations of New South literature but also its importance in U.S. literary history. --from publisher description