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Sounding the break : African American and Caribbean routes of world literature / Jason Frydman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frydman, Jason, 1976-
- Series:
- New World Studies
- New World studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- Caribbean literature--20th century--History and criticism.
- Caribbean literature.
- Race in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (192 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville, Virginia ; London, England : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- It is precisely the New World American location of these writers, Frydman concludes, that makes possible this revisionary perspective on the idea of (Old) World literature.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813935744
- 0813935741
- OCLC:
- 876736253
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