1. Prisoners of Style: Slavery, Ethics, and the Lives of American Literary Characters Parra, Jamie Luis 2016 Theses Characters and characteristics in literatureSlavery in literatureAmerican literatureAfrican AmericansCrafts, HannahTwain, Mark, 1835-1910Chesnutt, Charles W. (Charles Waddell), 1858-1932Faulkner, William, 1897-1962