All Stories Are True : History, Myth, and Trauma in the Work of John Edgar Wideman /

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Tracie Church Guzzio provides a full-length study of John Edgar Wideman's entire oeuvre to date. Specifically, she examines the ways in which Wideman engages with three crucial themes - history, myth, and trauma - throughout his career, showing how they intertwine. The book argues that, for fou...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guzzio, Tracie Church
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Wideman, John Edgar.
Wideman, John Edgar > Criticism and interpretation.
African Americans in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Noirs americains dans la litterature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • "All stories are true": palimpsestic storytelling
  • Deconstructing history: trauma and the alienation narratives
  • Return home: mythic narratives and family history
  • Journey back (again): the post-traumatic narratives
  • Truth and reconciliation: the blues and the heroic romance
  • Conclusion.

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