Detailansicht
The Vernacular Matters of American Literature
ISBN/EAN: 9780230620933
Umbreit-Nr.: 9048528
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: ix, 189 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 18.12.2009
Auflage: 1/2009
- Zusatztext
- From this study of Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston, and Ana Castillo arises a new model for analyzing American literature that highlights commonalities - one in which colloquial and lyrical style and content speak out against oppression.
- Kurztext
- UNIQUE: Explores a realist, modernist, and postmodern rendering of the vernacular tradition GROUNDBREAKING: This book argues for a fundamental redefinition of American literature and uses a rigorously comparative approach
- Autorenportrait
- SIEGLINDE LEMKE is Professor of American Literature and Cultural Studies at the University of Freiburg, Germany.