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  1. Virtues of the Vicious
    Jacob Riis, Stephen Crane and the Spectacle of the Slum
    Published: 1997
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Cary ; ProQuest, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    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... more

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    Universitätsbibliothek Gießen
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    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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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781602561632
    RVK Categories: HT 4805 ; HT 6585 ; HU 1691
    Subjects: Slum
    Other subjects: Riis, Jacob A. (1849-1914)
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (217 pages)
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  2. The virtues of the vicious
    Jacob Riis, Stephen Crane, and the spectacle of the slum
    Published: 1997
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, New York

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1280453362; 1423759575; 160256163X; 9780195110630; 9781280453366; 9781423759577; 9781602561632
    RVK Categories: HT 4805 ; HT 6585 ; HU 1691
    Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General; How the other half lives (Riis, Jacob A.); Maggie, a girl of the streets (Crane, Stephen); 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; American prose literature; Didactic literature, American; Slums; City and town life in literature; Social ethics in literature; Slums in literature; Spectacular, The; Verelendung <Motiv>; Geschichte; Slum <Motiv>; Alltag; Slum; Roman
    Other subjects: Crane, Stephen / 1871-1900; Riis, Jacob A. / 1849-1914 / Riis, Jacob August; Riis, Jacob A. / 1849-1914 / Riis, Jacob August / Influence; Riis, Jacob A. / (Jacob August) / 1849-1914; Crane, Stephen (1871-1900): Maggie, a girl of the streets; Riis, Jacob A. (1849-1914): How the other half lives; Riis, Jacob A. (1849-1914); Riis, Jacob A. (1849-1914): How the other half lives; Crane, Stephen (1871-1900): Maggie, a girl of the streets
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 206 p.)
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index

    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

    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.

  3. The virtues of the vicious
    Jacob Riis, Stephen Crane, and the spectacle of the slum
    Published: 1997
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, New York

    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... more

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    Hochschule Esslingen, Bibliothek
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    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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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1423759575; 9781423759577; 160256163X; 9781602561632; 1280453362; 9781280453366
    Series: Oxford University Press on-line
    Subjects: American prose literature; Didactic literature, American; Slums; Spectacular, The; City and town life in literature; Social ethics in literature; Slums in literature; Didactic literature, American; Slums; Spectacular, The; American prose literature; LITERARY CRITICISM ; American ; General; 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; Slum; Geschichte; Slum; Verelendung; Alltag; Villes ; Dans la littérature; Logement insalubre ; États-Unis; Logement insalubre ; New York (N.Y.); Littérature didactique ; Histoire et critique; Morale sociale ; Dans la littérature; Vie urbaine ; Dans la littérature; Littérature américaine ; Histoire et critique ; 19e siècle; Roman; Criticism, interpretation, etc
    Other subjects: Crane, Stephen 1871-1900; Riis, Jacob A. 1849-1914; Riis, Jacob A. 1849-1914; Crane, Stephen (1871-1900): Maggie, a girl of the streets; Riis, Jacob A (1849-1914): How the other half lives; Riis, Jacob A (1849-1914); Crane, Stephen 1871-1900; Riis, Jacob A. 1849-1914; Riis, Jacob A. 1849-1914; Riis, Jacob A; Crane, Stephen ; Critique et interprétation; Riis, Jacob August ; Critique et interprétation; Riis, Jacob A; Crane, Stephen
    Scope: Online Ressource (viii, 206 p.), ill.
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    Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index. - Description based on print version record

  4. The virtues of the vicious
    Jacob Riis, Stephen Crane, and the spectacle of the slum
    Published: 1997
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, New York ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    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... more

    Bibliothek der Hochschule Mainz, Untergeschoss
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    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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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1423759575; 9781423759577; 160256163X; 9781602561632; 1280453362; 9781280453366
    Series: Oxford University Press on-line
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 206 pages), Illustrations
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index