Sounding the Break : African American and Caribbean Routes of World Literature /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frydman, Jason, 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race in literature.
Literature and history.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Caribbean literature.
American literature > African American authors.
American literature.
African diaspora in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Litterature et histoire.
Africains > Pays etrangers, dans la litterature.
Identite (Psychologie) dans la litterature.
Race dans la litterature.
Litterature antillaise > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Caribbean literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • World literature and antiquity: classical surrogates in W.E.B. Du Bois's black belt
  • World literature in hiding: Zora Neale Hurston, biographical criticism, and African diasporic vernacular culture
  • Whiteness and world literature: Alejo Carpentier, racial difference, and narrative creolization
  • Dialectics of world literature: Derek Walcott between intimacy and iconicity
  • Material histories of world literature: intertextuality and Maryse Conde's historical novels
  • "Healing" world literature: Toni Morrison's Conflicts of interest
  • Conclusion.

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