Through a Glass Darkly : Ethnic Semiosis in American Literature
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Title
Through a Glass Darkly : Ethnic Semiosis in American Literature
Creator
Boelhower, William Q.
Description
Critical research that questions the concept of "ethnic literature" and explores the phenomenon of ethnicities being written out in American literature. Problematizes designating "ethnic literature" as a thing apart, given the peculiar ethnic and cultural blends that run through American social life and American literature in general. Uses the authors Henry James, William Carlos Williams, and others, as examples.
Date
1987
Language
English
Type
Book
Identifier
Coverage
19th and 20th centuries; United States