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Author:

Minnick, Lisa Cohen.

Title:

Dialect and dichotomy : literary representations of African American speech / Lisa Cohen Minnick.

Publisher:

University of Alabama Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xxi, 194 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--Southern States--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Dialect literature, American--History and criticism.
English language--Spoken English--United States.
English language--Dialects--United States.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
African Americans in literature.
African Americans--Languages.
Black English in literature.
Americanisms in literature.
Speech in literature.
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.--Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine--États-Unis (Sud)--Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.--Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine--20e siècle--Histoire et critique.
Littérature dialectale américaine--Histoire et critique.
Anglais (Langue)--Anglais parlé--États-Unis.
Anglais (Langue)--Dialectes--États-Unis.
Noirs américains--Vie intellectuelle.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Noirs américains--Langues.
Black English (Dialecte) dans la littérature.
Anglais (Langue)--États-Unis--Idiotismes, dans la littérature.
Parole dans la littérature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-181) and index.

Contents:

A brief history of American literary dialect -- Linguists, literary critics, and literary dialect -- Methodology -- Articulating Jim: language and characterization in Huckleberry Finn -- "A high, holy purpose": dialect in Charles W. Chesnutt's conjure tales -- Representations of speech and attitudes about race in The sound and the fury -- Community in conflict: saying and doing in Their eyes were watching God.

ISBN:

9780817313999 (cloth : alk. paper)
0817313990 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2004000606

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)