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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786490503321

Autore

Winnett Susan

Titolo

Writing back [[electronic resource] ] : American expatriates and narratives of return / / Susan Winnett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013

ISBN

1-4214-0782-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 p.)

Collana

Rethinking theory (Baltimore, Md.)

Disciplina

810.9/492

Soggetti

American prose literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Autobiography

Expatriate authors - Psychology

Identity (Psychology) in literature

United States In literature

Europe In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: writing back: American expatriates' narratives of return -- Framing the un-scene/writing the wrongs : Henry James's text of America -- An intellectual is being beaten : the escape and return of Harold E. Stearns -- Wo Mama war, soll Dada werden : Malcolm Cowley's odyssey of legitimation -- Everybody's autobiography : the remaking of an American -- Postcript.