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Thomas Dixon (minister).
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In the following essay, Kinney addresses themes of race and racial conflict and explains why Dixon became a spokesman for white racism.
Despite the great popularity of Thomas Dixon's work, he w...
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In the following excerpt from his essay on five Progressive-era writers, Bloomfield concludes that Dixon considered constitutional reform a way to redefine state control over race relations.
In the ea...
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In the following chapter from her book-length study of fictional reactions to lynching and white mob violence in the post-Reconstruction South, Gunning analyzes the assertion of white male supremacy a...
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In the following essay, Fossett examines Dixon's construction of the idea of “white” as represented in the white robes of Klan members.
The Klan was the only way to save our civil...
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In the following essay, Oliver states that Dixon's later novel The Flaming Sword appealed to the lowest passions of white readers by allying black militants with communists in its “cultu...
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In the following review of the film The Birth of a Nation, Hackett condemns Dixon as a “yellow journalist … and quite disgustingly and contemptibly yellow” who perpetuates racist ...
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In the following excerpt from his essay on several post-Reconstruction southern authors, Godbold discusses Dixon's novels about the Reconstruction era in the South.
The era of Reconstruction ha...
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In this chapter from his full-length biographical and critical study, Cook examines Dixon's literary theories, novels, and nonfiction.
I. Literary Theory
The works of some writers may be consid...
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In the following essay, Riggio notes that southern Reconstruction writers, particularly Dixon, built on the legacy of Uncle Tom's Cabin to form a new image of white manifest destiny.
No America...
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Critical Essay by James Kinney
