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Author:

Frydman, Jason, 1976-

Title:

Sounding the break : African American and Caribbean routes of world literature / Jason Frydman.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

viii, 184 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Caribbean literature--20th century--History and criticism.
Race in literature.
Group identity in literature.
African diaspora in literature.
Literature and history.
African diaspora in literature.
American literature.
American literature--African American authors.
Caribbean literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Literature and history.
Race in literature.
1900 - 1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-175) and index.

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 Condé's historical novels -- "Healing" world literature : Toni Morrison's Conflicts of interest -- Conclusion.

Series:

New World studies

ISBN:

0813935733 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813935737 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813935725 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813935720 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)858914327

LCCN:

2013030493

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)