Lynching in American Literature and Journalism

Lynching in American Literature and Journalism is a collection of historical and critical discussions of lynching in America that reflects the shameful, unmoral policies of lynching. Through twelve essays, the book explores writing about lynching as an American tragedy.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: The 'Girl-Reporter' Confronts the Lynch Mob: Miriam Michaelson's A Yellow Journalist
Debbie Lelekis
Chapter Two: Theodore Dreiser's 'Nigger Jeff': The Development of an Aesthetic
Donald Pizer
Chapter Three: Theodore Dreiser's 'Nigger Jeff,' "Richard Wright's 'Big Boy Leaves Home,' and Lynching
Michael Sanders
Chapter Four: Lynching as an American Tragedy in Theodore Dreiser's Literary Works
Kiyohiko Murayama
Chapter Five: Faulkner on Lynching
Neil R. McMillen and Noel Polk
Chapter Six: Lynching in Richard Wright's 'Big Boy Leaves Home"
Toru Kiuchi
Chapter Seven: "Lynching in Modern American Short Stories and Sexual Crime in Classic Myth"
Yoshinobu Hakutani
Chapter Eight: The Southern Ritual of Lynching in Faulkner's Light in August and Ellison's Three Days before the Shooting
Robert Butler
Chapter Nine: The Electric Execution of Bigger Thomas in Richard Wright's Native Son
Yoshinobu Hakutani
Chapter Ten: Lynching as Surrealism: Leon Forrest's "The

About the author

Yoshinobu Hakutani is professor of English emeritus and university distinguished scholar at Kent State University in Ohio.Yoshinobu Hakutani is professor of English emeritus and university distinguished scholar at Kent State University in Ohio.Toru Kiuchi is professor of English at Nihon University in Japan.

Summary

Lynching in American Literature and Journalism is a collection of historical and critical discussions of lynching in America that reflects the shameful, unmoral policies of lynching. Through twelve essays, the book explores writing about lynching as an American tragedy.

Product details

• Authors: Yoshinobu Hakutani
• Assisted by: Yoshinobu Hakutani (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781666909074
• ISBN: 978-1-66690-907-4
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Historical Events, Reportage & collected journalism, Literature: history & criticism, United States of America, USA, Literature: history and criticism, Reportage, journalism or collected columns