Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vi
4. A NOTE ON LANGUAGE viii
5. INTRODUCTION: INEXPLICABLE VOICES – LIMINAL WHITENESS IN THE EARLY UNITED STATES 1
6. 1 ‘A SHRIEK SO TERRIBLE!’: CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN’S SENSATIONAL VENTRILOQUISTS 21
7. 2 ‘THIS IS A STORY-TELLING AGE’: SPECTRAL NOSTALGIA IN BRACEBRIDGE HALL 47
8. 3 ‘WHAT HAD BECOME OF ME?’: SHEPPARD LEE’S BLACKFACE TRANSFORMATION 71
9. 4 ‘I SAY TO YOU THAT I AM DEAD!’: EDGAR ALLAN POE’S PROTESTING CADAVERS 97
10. 5 ‘HOW CAN I SPEAK TO THEE?’: HERMAN MELVILLE’S MUTED VOICE 121
11. 6 ‘I’M MAKING A WHITE MAN OF HIM’: MAKING AND BREAKING WHITENESS IN THE GARIES AND THEIR FRIENDS 149
12. CODA: THE RESURRECTION OF WHITENESS 175
13. BIBLIOGRAPHY 183
14. INDEX 201