African, Native, and Jewish American literature and the reshaping of Modernism [[electronic resource] /] / Alicia A. Kent

• Autore: Kent Alicia A
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2007.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9/005
• Soggetto topico: American literature - 20th century - History and criticism; Modernism (Literature) - United States; American literature - African American authors - History and criticism; American literature - Indian authors - History and criticism; American literature - Jewish authors - History and criticism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-212) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- African Americans: moving from caricatures to creators, Charles Chesnutt and Zora Neale Hurston -- Native Americans: moving from Primitive to Postmodern, Mourning Dove and D'Arcy McNickle -- Jewish Americans: moving from exile to authorship, Abraham Cahan and Anzia Yezierska.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines literature by African, Native, and Jewish American novelists at the beginning of the twentieth century, a period of radical dislocation from homelands for these three ethnic groups as well as the period when such voices established themselves as central figures in the American literary canon.
• Titolo autorizzato: African, Native, and Jewish American literature and the reshaping of Modernism
• ISBN: 1-281-36262-X; 9786611362621; 0-230-60510-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450928403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II