The Dialect of Modernism : Race, Language, and Twentieth-Century Literature.

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This treatise describes the crucial role of racial masquerade and linguistic imitation in the emergence of literary modernism. It describes how modernists have rebelled against the standard image, reimagining themselves as racial aliens and mimicking the strategies of dialect speakers.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: North, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Colección:Race and American culture.
Temas:
Conrad, Joseph, > 1857-1924. > Nigger of the Narcissus.
Nigger of the "Narcissus" (Conrad, Joseph)
1900-1999
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century.
Dialect literature, American > History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature) > English-speaking countries.
African Americans in literature.
Black English in literature.
Language and culture.
Race in literature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Noirs américains > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
Littérature dialectale américaine > Histoire et critique.
Modernisme (Littérature) > Anglophonie.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Black English (Dialecte) dans la littérature.
Langage et culture.
Race dans la littérature.
African Americans in literature
African Americans > Intellectual life
American literature
American literature > African American authors
Black English in literature
Dialect literature, American
Language and culture
Modernism (Literature)
Race in literature
English-speaking countries
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; 1. Against the Standard: Linguistic Imitation, Racial Masquerade, and the Modernist Rebellion; 2. The Nigger of the "Narcissus " as a Preface to Modernism; 3. Modernism's African Mask: The Stein-Picasso Collaboration; 4. Old Possum and Brer Rabbit: Pound and Eliot's Racial Masquerade; 5. Quashie to Buccra: The Linguistic Expatriation of Claude McKay; 6. Race, the American Language, and the Americanist Avant-Garde; 7. Two Strangers in the American Language: William Carlos Williams and Jean Toomer; 8. "Characteristics of Negro Expression": Zora Neale Hurston and the Negro Anthology.
  • NotesIndex; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.

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