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Realism and the Profession of Authorship (2019)
Book Chapter
Thompson, G. (2019). Realism and the Profession of Authorship. In K. Newlin (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of American Literary Realism (301-320). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190642891.013.16

This chapter examines tensions between authorship and publishing in the era of American literary realism. The publishing industry changed with the emergence of literary agents, the growing financial significance of magazines and syndication, and the... Read More about Realism and the Profession of Authorship.

Hanging, the Electric Chair, and Death Penalty Reform in the Early Twentieth-Century South (2019)
Book Chapter
Miller, V. (2019). Hanging, the Electric Chair, and Death Penalty Reform in the Early Twentieth-Century South. In A. L. Wood, & N. J. Ring (Eds.), Crime and Punishment in the Jim Crow South. University of Illinois Press

This chapter focuses on the transition from hanging to electrical execution in Florida and the changing role of the sheriff as executioner in the 1920s.