American narratives : multiethnic writing in the age of realism / Molly Crumpton Winter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winter, Molly Crumpton, 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Minority authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--Minority authors.

Realism in literature.

Minorities in literature.

Ethnic groups in literature.

Immigrants in literature.

Group identity in literature.

Ethnicity in literature.

Multiculturalism in literature.

Race in literature.

Physical Description:

ix, 204 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2007]

Summary:

In this new study, Winter recovers the writing of four overlooked American authors from the turn of the twentieth century. In doing so, Winter salvages an early multicultural discourse on assimilation and national belonging that has been largely ignored by literary scholars. Winter shows how these writers fit into and make valuable contributions to the canon of American literary realism. Her subjects include Mary Antin, a Jewish American immigrant from Russia; Zitkala-Sa, a Sioux woman originally from South Dakota; Sutton E. Griggs, an African American from the South; and Sui Sin Far, a biracial Chinese American female writer who lived on the West Coast. Winter succeeds in creating a multi-ethnic dialogue between these writers that demonstrates ways that cultural identity and national belonging are constantly contested in this literature.

Contents:

Diversity in the age of realism

Mary Antin and assimilation

Ambiguity and affiliation: the stories and essays of Zitkala-Ša

Race and nation in the novels of Sutton E. Griggs

The multicultural perspective of Sui Sin Far

Conclusion: American narratives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-197) and index.

ISBN:

9780807132258

080713225X

OCLC:

81860907