Race, American literature and transnational modernisms /
Modernist poetry crosses racial and national boundaries. The emergence of poetic modernism in the Americas was profoundly shaped by transatlantic contexts of empire-building and migration. In this ambitious book, Anita Patterson examines cross-currents of influence among a range of American, African...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008. |
| Series: | Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ;
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| Summary: | Modernist poetry crosses racial and national boundaries. The emergence of poetic modernism in the Americas was profoundly shaped by transatlantic contexts of empire-building and migration. In this ambitious book, Anita Patterson examines cross-currents of influence among a range of American, African American and Caribbean authors. Works by Whitman, Poe, Eliot, Pound and their avant-garde contemporaries served as a heritage for black poets in the US and elsewhere in the New World. In tracing these connections, Patterson argues for a renewed focus on intercultural and transnational dialogue in modernist studies. This bold and imaginative work of transnational literary and historical criticism sets canonical American figures in fascinating contexts and opens up readings of Langston Hughes, Derek Walcott, and Aime Cesaire. This book will be of interest to scholars of American and African American literature, modernism, postcolonial studies, and Caribbean literature. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 241 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-234) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511394446 9780511394447 9780511392467 051139246X 9780511395093 0511395094 9780511485619 0511485611 1107186072 9781107186071 1281370827 9781281370822 9786611370824 661137082X 0511391153 9780511391156 9780521349567 0521349567 |
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