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"History Written With Lightning": Religion, White Supremacy, And The Rise And Fall Of Thomas Dixon, Jr, David Michael Kidd Jan 2013

"History Written With Lightning": Religion, White Supremacy, And The Rise And Fall Of Thomas Dixon, Jr, David Michael Kidd

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Baptist minister and author of novels, plays, sermons, and essays, Thomas Dixon, Jr. today remains most known as the storyteller behind the 1915 D. W. Griffith Film The Birth of a Nation. I argue that Thomas Dixon crafted a white supremacist rhetoric and narrative of modern whiteness indebted to the structures of Fundamentalist Christianity. With varying degrees of success, later writers struggled with the legacy the Dixonian cultural narrative bequeathed them.;Fundamentalist theology offered a whole host of tropes, metaphors, and arguments to its users. In short, Fundamentalism presented a rhetorical stance that was, in the hands of an ambitious and …


The Search For Completion In Toni Morrison's "Sula", Elizabeth Bowler Ncneer Jan 1996

The Search For Completion In Toni Morrison's "Sula", Elizabeth Bowler Ncneer

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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An Edition Of Ellen Glasgow's "Between Two Shores", Lucia Wallis Smith Jan 1992

An Edition Of Ellen Glasgow's "Between Two Shores", Lucia Wallis Smith

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Beneath The Umbrellas Of Benevolent Men: Validation Of The Middle-Class Woman In "Little Women" And "Five Little Peppers And How They Grew", Sandra Burr Jan 1991

Beneath The Umbrellas Of Benevolent Men: Validation Of The Middle-Class Woman In "Little Women" And "Five Little Peppers And How They Grew", Sandra Burr

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From Song To Silence: The Coding Of Music In Kate Chopin's "The Awakening", Melanie Dawson Jan 1990

From Song To Silence: The Coding Of Music In Kate Chopin's "The Awakening", Melanie Dawson

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Albert Mckisco's Role In Dick Diver's "Intricate Destiny", Laura Hampton Terry Jan 1987

Albert Mckisco's Role In Dick Diver's "Intricate Destiny", Laura Hampton Terry

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The "Private History," Grant, And West Point: Mark Twain's Exculpatory Triad, Franklin J. Hillson Jan 1981

The "Private History," Grant, And West Point: Mark Twain's Exculpatory Triad, Franklin J. Hillson

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"All The Lost Youth In The World": Youth Worship In F Scott Fitzgerald's "Tender Is The Night", Maria R. Freeman Jan 1979

"All The Lost Youth In The World": Youth Worship In F Scott Fitzgerald's "Tender Is The Night", Maria R. Freeman

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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Culture And Radicalism In "The Princess Casamassima", Carl Frank Filbrich Jan 1974

Culture And Radicalism In "The Princess Casamassima", Carl Frank Filbrich

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.