The Clansman (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Thomas Dixon, Jr.
- First Published: 1905
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: The 1860’s
- Setting: The American South
- Principal Characters: Austin Stoneman, Elsie Stoneman, Philip Stoneman, Dr. Richard Cameron, Ben Cameron, Margaret Cameron, Mrs. Cameron, Lydia Brown, Silas Lynch
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Blacks, Race, South or Southerners, Equality, Ku Klux Klan
- Locales: South (U.S.)
The Novel
The Clansman is divided into four books covering a period from about 1865 to 1870. The first two books are centered on the activities in the nation’s capital, delineating the death of President Abraham Lincoln and the ensuing power struggle between Capitol Hill and the White House on how the South is to be treated. Books 3 and 4 shift to South Carolina and outline the havoc that the Reconstruction-era state governments have brought to the South, resulting in the rise of the Ku Klux Klan.
The Clansman has an omniscient narrator who relates...
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