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Sounding the break

Frydman, Jason, 1976-

Sounding the break African American and Caribbean routes of world literature / [electronic resource] : Jason Frydman. - Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (pages ; cm.) - New World Studies . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Literature and history.
African diaspora in literature.
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Race in literature.
Caribbean literature--History and criticism--20th century
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.


Electronic books.

PS153.N5 / F78 2013

810.9/896073