Jacob Riis, Stephen Crane, and the spectacle of the slum /
Keith Gandal.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
1997.
1 online resource (viii, 206 pages) :
illustrations.
Oxford University Press on-line
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index.
Introduction; 1 Riis and Charity Writing; 2 Crane and Slum Fiction; 3 The Touristic Ethic and Photography; 4 "In Search of Excitement": The Ethics of Entertainment; 5 Self-Esteem and the Tough; 6 Psychological Moralities of the Slum; Afterword; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
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In this study, the author demonstrates how, in the last decade of the 19th century, the slum became a source of spectacle as never before - in newspapers, photographs and literature. With close readings of texts by Crane and Riis, he argues that this amounted to a revolution of ethics.
Virtues of the vicious.
Crane, Stephen,1871-1900., Maggie, a girl of the streets.
Riis, Jacob A., (Jacob August),1849-1914-- Influence.
Riis, Jacob A., (Jacob August),1849-1914., How the other half lives.
Crane, Stephen,(1871-1900)-- Critique et interprétation.
Crane, Stephen., Maggie, a girl of the streets.
Riis, Jacob A., (Jacob August),1849-1914.
Riis, Jacob A., How the other half lives.
Riis, Jacob August,(1849-1914)-- Critique et interprétation.
How the other half lives (Riis, Jacob A.)
Maggie, a girl of the streets (Crane, Stephen)
American prose literature-- 19th century-- History and criticism.
City and town life in literature.
Didactic literature, American-- History and criticism.
Slums in literature.
Slums-- New York (State)-- New York-- Historiography.
Social ethics in literature.
Spectacular, The.
Alltag
American prose literature.
City and town life in literature.
Didactic literature, American.
Geschichte
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
Littérature américaine-- Histoire et critique-- 19e siècle.