The virtues of the vicious : Jacob Riis, Stephen Crane, and the spectacle of the slum /

The virtues of the vicious : Jacob Riis, Stephen Crane, and the spectacle of the slum /

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Author / Creator:	Gandal, Keith.
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 206 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	Oxford University Press on-line Oxford University Press on-line.
Subject:	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) 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. Electronic book.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11177990

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ISBN:	1423759575 9781423759577 160256163X 9781602561632 1280453362 9781280453366 9786610453368 6610453365 0195110633 9780195110630 0195354974 9780195354973
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index. English. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Gandal, Keith. Virtues of the vicious. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997

Table of Contents:

Introduction; 1 Riis and Charity Writing; 2 Crane and Slum Fiction; 3 The Touristic Ethic and Photography; 4 "In Search of Excitement": The Ethics of Entertainment; 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.