The Word on the Streets: The American Language of Vernacular Modernism

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From the hard-boiled detective stories of Dashiell Hammett to the novels of Claude McKay, The Word on the Streets examines a group of writers whose experimentation with the vernacular argues for a rethinking of American modernism - one that cuts across traditional boundaries of class, race, and ethnicity.

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From the hard-boiled detective stories of Dashiell Hammett to the novels of Claude McKay, The Word on the Streets examines a group of writers whose experimentation with the vernacular argues for a rethinking of American modernism - one that cuts across traditional boundaries of class, race, and ethnicity.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 29 Sep 2017
ISBN 10: 0813940419
ISBN 13: 9780813940410

The Word on the Streets: The American Language of Vernacular Modernism

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