African, Native, and Jewish American literature and the reshaping of Modernism / Alicia A. Kent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kent, Alicia A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature.

Modernism (Literature)--United States.

Modernism (Literature).

United States.

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

American literature--African American authors.

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

American literature--Indian authors.

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

American literature--Jewish authors.

Physical Description:

x, 230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

What does the modern era look like to those labeled " not modern" or " traditional" Refuting claims that their art was " old world" and " primitive, " African, Native, and Jewish American writers in the early twentieth century instead developed experimental strategies of self-representation that reshaped the very form of the novel itself. Uncovering the connections and confrontations among three ethnic groups not often read in relation to one another, Kent maps out the historical contexts that have shaped ethnic American writing in the Modernist era, a period of radical dislocation from homelands and increased migration for these three ethnic groups. Rather than focus on the ways others have represented these groups, Kent restores the voices of these multicultural writers to the debate about what it means to be modern.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-212) and index.

ISBN:

1403977976

9781403977977

OCLC:

77767587

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