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Passing / Nella Larsen ; edited by Rafael Walker.
Van Pelt Library PS3523.A7225 P37 2024
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Larsen, Nella, author.
- Series:
- Broadview editions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Larsen, Nella--Criticism and interpretation.
- Larsen, Nella.
- African American women--Fiction.
- African American women.
- Multiracial people--Fiction.
- Multiracial people.
- Passing (Identity)--Fiction.
- Passing (Identity).
- Identity (Psychology)--Fiction.
- Identity (Psychology).
- Female friendship--Fiction.
- Female friendship.
- Human skin color--Fiction.
- Human skin color.
- New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
- New York (N.Y.).
- Married women--Fiction.
- Married women.
- American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- Racially mixed people--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Novels
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : fascimile, illustration, portraits ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "Written at the height of the Harlem Renaissance (the first sustained artistic movement by African Americans) and of Jim Crow (one of this cultural group’s greatest obstacles), Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel Passing is easily among the most penetrating, skillfully composed explorations of race and gender in the twentieth century. It focuses on two estranged friends, Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry, who, after years apart, are joltingly thrown back together, their lives transformed radically through one of the most scandalous and intriguing social phenomena of Larsen’s time—racial passing. Today, Larsen is ranked as one of the leading novelists of her generation; this novel, her masterpiece, demonstrates why."-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- "Appendeces include material on the novel's composition and reception, as well as legal documents relating to mixed-race individuals and a selection of recent critical work on the novel's afterlife and the 2021 film adaptation."--Back cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-192).
- Other Format:
- Online version: Larsen, Nella. Passing.
- ISBN:
- 9781554815159
- 1554815150
- OCLC:
- 1394858234
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