Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One. Liberal Time vs. Literary Time
Chapter 1.What Edith Wharton Teaches about the Defense of Affirmative Action
Chapter 2. Mark Twain and the Secret Joys of Antiracist Pedagogy
Part Two. Gender, Liberalism, and Racial Geometry
Chapter 3. Awakened White Femininity and A Shaping Mexicanist Presence
Chapter 4. Trafficking in Liberal Masculinities
Part Three. American Innocence vs. Liberal Guilt
Chapter 5. "A Good Fellow Wronged": Christopher Newman and the Feeling of
American Exceptionalism
Chapter 6. Liberal Guilt and The Age of Innocence
Coda
Notes
Bibliography
Index