{"product_id":"reimagining-the-republic-race-citizenship-and-nation-in-the-literary-work-of-albion-w-tourgee-paperback","title":"Reimagining the Republic: Race, Citizenship, and Nation in the Literary Work of Albion W. Tourgée - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSandra M. Gustafson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRobert Levine\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMolly Ball\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlbion W. Tourgée (1838-1905) was a major force for social, legal, and literary transformation in the second half of the nineteenth century. Best known for his Reconstruction novels \u003ci\u003eA Fool's Errand \u003c\/i\u003e(1879) and\u003ci\u003e Bricks without Straw \u003c\/i\u003e(1880), and for his key role in the civil rights case\u003ci\u003e Plessy v. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eFerguson\u003c\/i\u003e (1896), challenging Louisiana's law segregating railroad cars, Tourgée 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 Tourgée's 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, Tourgée 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 this 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection changes the way that we view Tourgée 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, \u003ci\u003eReimagining the Republic: Race, Citizenship, and Nation in the Literary Work of Albion Tourgée\u003c\/i\u003e reveals a new Tourgée for our moment of renewed interest in the literature and politics of Reconstruction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSandra M. Gustafson (Edited By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSandra M. Gustafson \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of English and Concurrent Professor of American Studies at the University of Notre Dame, as well as a faculty affiliate of Notre Dame's Center for Civil and Human Rights and a Faculty Fellow at the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. She is the author of\u003ci\u003e Imagining Deliberative Democracy in the Early American Republic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEloquence Is Power: Oratory and Performance in Early America\u003c\/i\u003e and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Norton Anthology of American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, Vol. A. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Levine (Edited By) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRobert S. Levine \u003c\/b\u003eis Distinguished University Professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park. His recent books are \u003ci\u003eThe Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRace, Transnationalism, and Nineteenth-Century American Literary Studies\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Lives of Frederick Douglas\u003c\/i\u003e. Levine is the general editor of The Norton Anthology of American Literature and the editor and co- editor of a number of volumes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648515072102,"sku":"9781531501372","price":76.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/YUZzYnUrRWo0bmVEZ0ZzdURoa1Jodz09.webp?v=1779515266","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/reimagining-the-republic-race-citizenship-and-nation-in-the-literary-work-of-albion-w-tourgee-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}