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An Imperative Duty (Broadview Editions) - Paperback By Howells, W.D. - GOOD
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Unbranded
- MPN
- Does not apply
- ISBN
- 9781551119144
- Book Title
- Imperative Duty
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Contemporary Women, General, Literary
- Item Weight
- 9.9 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Broadview Press
ISBN-10
1551119145
ISBN-13
9781551119144
eBay Product ID (ePID)
102773741
Product Key Features
Book Title
Imperative Duty
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Contemporary Women, General, Literary
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
9.9 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2010-294434
TitleLeading
An
Reviews
Far from fussing over chipped china, the novella goes to the heart of the great American problem of race... This is a provocative subject, and the publisher has provided much useful material for help in understanding it: an introduction (by Paul R. Petrie), footnotes and a sheaf of appendices, including one that links 'An Imperative Duty' to a subgenre of 19th-century fiction: 'The Tragic Mulatta.' There is a big difference between other 'Tragic Mulatta' novels and this one, however: The other writers played the central situation for shock value, whereas Howells made it into art.
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Table Of Content
Acknowledgements Introduction W.D. Howells: A Brief Chronology A Note on the Text An Imperative Duty First Installment: Chapters I-V: July 1891 Second Installment: Chapters VI-VII: August 1891 Third Installment: Chapters VIII-X: September 1891 Fourth Installment: Chapters XI-XIII: September 1891 Appendix A: Contemporary Reviews and Responses Laurence Hutton, "Literary Notes," Harper's New Monthly Magazine(November 1891) "The Color Line," New York Times(30 November 1891) The Critic(16 January 1892) "Novels of the Week," The Athenaeum(13 February 1892) The Nation(25 February 1892) From Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South(1892) From W.E.B. Du Bois, "As a Friend of the Colored Man," Boston Evening Transcript(24 February 1912) Appendix B: The "Tragic Mulatta" in Literature From Grace King, "The Little Convent Girl" (1893) From Matt Crim, "Was It an Exceptional Case?" (1891) W.D. Howells, "The Pilot's Story" (1860) Appendix C: Interracial Marriage and the "Science" of Race From Joseph-Arthur, Comte de Gobineau, Essay on the Inequality of Human Races(1853-55) From J.C. Nott, Types of Mankind (1854) From Frederick L. Hoffman, The Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro(1896) Pace v. State of Alabama(1883) From Henry W. Grady, "In Plain Black and White" (1885) From Charles W. Chesnutt, "The Future American" (1900) From W.E.B. Du Bois, "The Conservation of Races" (1897) Appendix D: Appendix D:W.D. Howells's Theory of Realism--The "Editor's Study" Columns May 1886 [Realism and Romance] November 1886 [Aesthetics and Ethics] April 1887 [Art,Truth, and Morality] September 1887 [Realism and Democracy] December 1887 [The Real and the Ideal Grasshopper] March 1888 [Can Fiction Help the People It Depicts?] December 1888 [Christmas Literature] Select Bibliography
Synopsis
An engaging short novel by an important American realist, An Imperative Dutyaddresses the topic of interracial marriage., An Imperative Dutytells the story of Rhoda Aldgate, a young woman on the verge of marriage who has been raised by her aunt to assume that she is white, but who is in fact the descendant of an African-American grandmother. The novel traces the struggles of Rhoda, her family, and her suitor to come to terms with the implications of Rhoda's heritage. Howells employs this stock situation to explore the newly urgent questions of identity, morality, and social policy raised by "miscegenation" in the post-Reconstruction United States. The novel imagines interracial marriage sympathetically at a time when racist sentiment was on the rise, and does this in one of Howells's most aesthetically economical performances in the short novel form. Appendices to this Broadview Edition include material on the "tragic mulatta" in literature, interracial marriage, the "science" of race in the nineteenth century, and Howells's literary realism., Addresses the then-controversial topic of interracial marriage. This title tells the story of Rhoda Aldgate, a young woman on the verge of marriage who has been raised by her aunt to assume that she is white but who is in fact the descendant of an African-American grandmother.
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- u***a (252)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI have purchased from them many times. This time, and on occasion I have had an issue with the product, but the seller is graceful about correcting errors. They do a huge volume and sometimes have sent the wrong book or one of their multiples that does not match the description. With swift communication, the seller always resolves the issue. The shipping speed & packaging is excellent. I will continue buying from this seller!
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