The Dialect of Modernism: Race, Language, and Twentieth-Century Literature (Race and American Culture)

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1998
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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.

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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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 06 Aug 1998
ISBN 10: 0195122917
ISBN 13: 9780195122916