+ american literature, cat on a hot tin roof, mississippi literature, playing in the dark, race, southern gothic, southern literature, tennessee williams, toni morrison, Uncategorized
The Undercurrents of Race in Tennessee William’s “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”
Recently, I taught Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955) and noticed, as I reread it, the undercurrents of race that appear throughout. Over the next couple of posts, I want to explore these aspects of “playing in the dark” that buttress the story of the Politt family’s decline as Big Daddy and everyone else comes face to face with his mortality. … Read More The Undercurrents of Race in Tennessee William’s “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”
Interminable Rambling 
+ american literature, an art commentary on lynching, naacp, paul cadmus, reginald marsh, southern literature, to the lynching, Uncategorized, william faulkner
Minnie Cooper and John McClendon in Faulkner’s “Dry September”
by Matthew Teutsch
Last Thursday, I wrote about the “blank spaces” in William Faulkner’s “Dry September” and some works by Ernest J. Gaines. Today, I want to look at a couple of scenes in Faulkner’s story and discuss the ways that Faulkner delves into the psychological effects of lynchings and racial violence on the perpetrators themselves. As such, I will briefly discuss Minnie Cooper and John McClendon … Read More Minnie Cooper and John McClendon in Faulkner’s “Dry September”