The Politics of Color in the Fiction of Jessie Fauset and Nella Larsen |
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| Author:
| Mclendon, Jacquelyn Y. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-1553-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1995 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $43.50USD $43.50 |
Book Description:
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Jessie Fauset's and Nella Larsen's novels raise important questions about gender and race. This book looks at Fauset's ""Plum Bun"" and ""Comedy: American Style"" and Larsen's ""Quicksand"" and ""Passing"", finding them revisionary and subversive. It looks at their work rather than at their lives.
Jessie Fauset's and Nella Larsen's novels raise important questions about gender and race. This book looks at Fauset's ""Plum Bun"" and ""Comedy: American Style"" and Larsen's ""Quicksand"" and ""Passing"", finding them revisionary and subversive. It looks at their work rather than at their lives.