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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankEDITHWHARTONANDTHEPOLITICSOFRACEEdithWhartonfearedthatthe“ill-bred,”foreignandpoorwouldoverwhelmwhatwasknownastheAmericannativeelite.Drawingonarangeofturn-of-the-centurysocialdocuments,unpublishedarchivalmaterialandWharton’smajornovels,Jen
2、nieKassanoffarguesthatafullerappreciationofAmericancultureanddemocracybecomesavailablethroughasustainedengagementwiththesecontroversialviews.ShepursuesherthemethroughWharton’sspiritedparticipationinavarietyofturn-of-the-centurydiscourses–fromeuthanasiaandtourismtopragm
3、atismandNativeAmericans–toproduceatrulyinterdisciplinarystudyofthismajorAmericanwriter.KassanofflocatesWhartonsquarelyinthemiddleofthedebatesonrace,classanddemocraticpluralismattheturnofthetwentiethcentury.Drawingondiverseculturalmaterials,sheoffersclosereadingsthatwil
4、lbeofinteresttoscholarsofAmericanliteratureandculture.jenniea.kassanoffisAssociateProfessorofEnglishatBarnardCollegeinNewYork.HerarticleshaveappearedinArizonaQuarterlyandPMLA.cambridgestudiesinamericanliteratureandcultureEditorRossPosnock,NewYorkUniversityFoundingedito
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7、pticism139.johnd.kerkeringThePoeticsofNationalIdentityinNineteenth-CenturyAmericanLiterature138.michelebirnbaumRace,WorkandDesireinAmericanLiterature,1860–1930137.richardgtusinCulture,TechnologyandtheCreationofAmerica’sNationalParks136.ralphbauerTheCulturalGeographyofC
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