The Virtues of the Vicious : Jacob Riis, Stephen Crane and the Spectacle of the Slum.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gandal, Keith
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cary : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Subjects:	Crane, Stephen, > 1871-1900. > Maggie, a girl of the streets. Riis, Jacob A. > (Jacob August), > 1849-1914. > How the other half lives. Riis, Jacob A. > (Jacob August), > 1849-1914 > Influence. Riis, Jacob A. > (Jacob August), > 1849-1914 How the other half lives (Riis, Jacob A.) Maggie, a girl of the streets (Crane, Stephen) 1800-1899 American prose literature > 19th century > History and criticism. Didactic literature, American > History and criticism. Slums > New York (State) > New York > Historiography. City and town life in literature. Social ethics in literature. Slums in literature. Spectacular, The. American prose literature City and town life in literature Didactic literature, American Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Slums > Historiography Slums in literature Social ethics in literature Spectacular, The New York (State) > New York Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction; Part I: The New Ethnography of the Slum; 1 Riis and Charity Writing; 2 Crane and Slum Fiction; Part II: Slum Spectacle; 3 The Touristic Ethic and Photography; 4 ""In Search of Excitement"": The Ethics of Entertainment; Part III: Slum Psychology; 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.

The Virtues of the Vicious : Jacob Riis, Stephen Crane and the Spectacle of the Slum.

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