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Rewriting America : new essays on the Federal Writers' Project /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
[2022]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Editor's Introduction: Sara Rutkowski
- Part I: Politics, Purpose, and Vision
- Chapter 1: Three Lenses on the Legacy of the Federal Writers' Project
- Chapter 2: Henry Alsberg: Architect and Defender of the Project and its Legacies
- Chapter 3: Understanding the Living Lore Units: B. A. Botkin, Folklore, and Creative Writing on the FWP
- Chapter 4: "Shadows of Tragic Premonition": The Native Son and the Federal Writers' Project
- Part II: The American Scene
- Chapter 5: State Guides then and Now: From Controversial New Deal Project to National Treasure
- Chapter 6: Of Conquistadors and Corridos: Aurora Lucero-White and the New Mexico Federal Writers' Project
- Chapter 7: Lyle Saxon: The FWP, Identity, and Historical Tourism in New Orleans
- Chapter 8: A View from the Boardwalk: The New York City Guide and Coney Island Hypertext
- Part III: Raw Material and Opportunity
- Chapter 9: "Crime and Juvenile Delinquency-My Pet Hobby at Present": Margaret Walker and the FWP in Chicago
- Chapter 10: Ernest J. Gaines's Literary and Historical Strategies in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman: Imitating the Federal Writers' Project Slave Narratives
- Chapter 11: Eddie Shimano and Gerald Chan Sieg: Asian American Writers in the FWP
- Chapter 12: A View of the Archives: Ralph Ellison's Collection of Children's Rhymes for the FWP
- Afterword
- Contributors
- Index
- Back Cover