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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press,
1997
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (217 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780195354973 0195354974 1280453362 9781280453366 1423759575 9781423759577 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
