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The Man of Letters: Professor Barrett Wendell and the Style of White Supremacy.

The role of racism in the history of literary studies is broadly recognized; this article however turns from established emphases on exclusionary canons and race science to focus instead on style. Taking up the case of Harvard professor Barrett Wendell whose influence in the fields of composition pe...

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Published in:College Literature Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 502 - 532
Main Author: Coit, Emily
Format: Article
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press Fall2024
Subjects:
Wendell, Barrett
Racism
Literary criticism
Invocation
Humanity
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