Thomas Dixon, Jr. and the birth of modern America (Louisiana State University Press, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Thomas Dixon: American Proteus / W. Fitzhugh Brundage -- "My books are hard reading for a Negro": Tom Dixon and his African American critics, 1905-1939 / John David Smith -- Gender and race in Dixon's religious ideology / Cynthia Lynn Lyerly -- "Ours is a century of light": Dixon's strange consistency / David Stricklin -- Thomas Dixon and the literary production of whiteness / Scott Romine -- Thomas Dixon and race melodrama / Jane M. Gaines -- The cinematic representation of race in The birth of a nation: a Black horror film / Charlene Regester -- Do movies have rights? / Louis Menand -- Epilogue: the enduring worlds of Thomas Dixon / William A. Link
"A sweeping yet rigorous analysis of Dixon and his work. The collection approaches the southern intellectual through multiple methodologies--from literary theory and film studies to social history and religious studies. We get an exhaustive yet diverse perspective on Dixon's influence and legacy."--Journal of American HistoryThomas Dixon Jr. (1864-1946), best remembered today as the author of the racist novels that served as the basis for D.W. Griffith's controversial 1915 classic film The Birth of a Nation, also enjoyed great renown in his lifetime as a minister, lecturer, lawyer, and actor. A.