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The Dialect of Modernism: Race, Language, and Twentieth-Century Literature - Race and American Culture North, Michael (Professor of English, Professor of English, University of California, Los Angeles)
The Dialect of Modernism: Race, Language, and Twentieth-Century Literature - Race and American Culture
North, Michael (Professor of English, Professor of English, University of California, Los Angeles)
This text describes the role of racial masquerade and linguistic imitation in the emergence of literary modernism. Revolting against the standard language, modernists reimagined themselves as racial aliens and mimicked the strategies of dialect speakers.
260 pages, 4 halftones
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | January 22, 1998 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195122916 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 272 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 233 × 21 mm · 385 g |
| Language | English |