All Stories Are True : History, Myth, and Trauma in the Work of John Edgar Wideman /
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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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
2011.
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | 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 four decades, the influential African American writer has endeavoured to create a version of the African American experience that runs counter to mainstream interpretations, using history and myth to confront and then heal the trauma caused by slavery and racism. |
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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (352 pages). |
ISBN: | 9781617030055 |