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

Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (pages Series New World Studies New World studies. 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Caribbean literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism Race in literature. Identity (Psychology) in literature. African diaspora in literature. Literature and history. LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. African diaspora in literature American literature American literature -- African American authors Caribbean literature Identity (Psychology) in literature Literature and history Race in literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 0813935741 9780813935744 130642867X 9781306428675

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