The Garies and Their Friends (Broadview Editions) - Softcover

Webb, Frank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1554811511 ISBN 13: 9781554811519

Verlag: Broadview Press Ltd, 2016

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Unjustly overlooked in its own time, Frank J. Webb’s novel of pre-Civil War Philadelphia weaves together action, humor, and social commentary. The Garies and Their Friends tells the story of two families struggling for di¦ erent sorts of respectability: the Garies, a well-to-do interracial couple who relocate to Philadelphia from the plantation South in order to legalize their marriage, and their friends the Ellises, free black Philadelphians hoping to make the move from the working class into the bourgeoisie. Along the way the families confront racialized violence, melodramatic villainy, and sentimental reversals. Entertaining and fastmoving, the novel has a Dickensian mix of uncanny coincidence and interwoven personal experiences.

The historical documents accompanying this Broadview Edition provide reviews of the novel along with extensive materials on slavery, the color line, and contemporary Philadelphia.

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Frank J. Webb was an American novelist, poet, and essayist.

W. Huntting Howell is Assistant Professor of English at Boston University, USA.

Megan Walsh is Assistant Professor of English at St. Bonaventure University, USA.

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Unjustly overlooked in its own time, Frank J. Webb's novel of pre-Civil War Philadelphia weaves together action, humor, and social commentary. The Garies and Their Friends tells the story of two families struggling for different sorts of respectability: the Garies, a well-to-do interracial couple who relocate to Philadelphia from the plantation South in order to legalize their marriage, and their friends the Ellises, free black Philadelphians hoping to make the move from the working class into the bourgeoisie. Along the way the families confront racialized violence, melodramatic villainy, and sentimental reversals. Entertaining and fast-moving, the novel has a Dickensian mix of uncanny coincidence and interwoven personal experiences.

The historical documents accompanying this Broadview Edition provide reviews of the novel along with extensive materials on slavery, the color line, and contemporary Philadelphia.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Broadview Press Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1554811511
• ISBN 13: 9781554811519
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 416
• Herausgeber: Howell William Huntting, Walsh Megan
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