Sitting in Darkness

By Peter Schmidt

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

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