Description: Reimagining the Republic : Race, Citizenship, and Nation in the Literary Work of Albion W. Tourgée, Paperback by Gustafson, Sandra M. (EDT); Levine, Robert (EDT); Ball, Molly (CON); Bentley, Nancy (CON); Chakkalakal, Tess (CON), ISBN 1531501370, ISBN-13 9781531501372, Brand New, Free shipping in the US
Albion W. Tourge (1) was a major force for social, legal, and literary transformation in the second half of the nineteenth century. Best known for his Reconstruction novels A Fools Errand (1879) and Bricks without Straw (1880), and for his key role in the civil rights case, Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), challenging Louisiana’s law segregating railroad cars, Tourge published more than a dozen novels and a volume of short stories, as well as nonfiction works of history, law, and politics. This volume is the first collection focused on Tourges literary work and intends to establish his reputation as one of the great writers of fiction about the Reconstruction era—arguably the greatest for the wide historical and geographical sweep of his novels and his ability to work with multiple points of view. As a white novelist interested in the rights of African Americans, Tourge was committed to developing not a single Black perspective but multiple Black perspectives, sometimes even in conflict. The challenge was to do justice to those perspectives in the larger context of the story he wanted to tell about a multiracial America. The seventeen essays in the volume are grouped around three large topics: race, citizenship, and nation. The volume also includes a preface, introduction, afterword, bibliography, and chronology providing an overview of his career.
This collection changes the way that we view Tourge by highlighting his contributions as a writer and editor, and as a supporter of African American writers. Exploring the full spectrum of his literary works and cultural engagements, Reimagining the Republic: Race, Citizenship, and Nation in the Literary Work of Albion Tourge reveals a new Tourge for our moment of renewed interest in the literature and politics of Reconstruction.
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Book Title: Reimagining the Republic : Race, Citizenship, and Nation in the L
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Reimagining the Republic : Race, Citizenship, and Nation in the Literary Work of Albion W. Tourgée
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), Essays
Publication Year: 2022
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16.2 Oz
Subject Area: Literary Collections, History
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Molly Ball
Series: Reconstructing America Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
