Imagine the world as a twisted game, where powerful nations exploit weaker ones under the guise of "civilization." Mark Twain, the master of satire, invites you

Perhaps the most popular of all canonical American authors, Mark Twain is famous for creating works that satirize American formations of race and empire. While

A study of postbellum fiction and its engagement in debates over African American education and America's new colonial territories.

Sitting in Darkness explores how fiction of the Reconstruction and the New South intervenes in debates over black schools, citizen-building, Jim Crow discrimina