Jean Toomer

Race and the Modern Artist

Definitions of modernism have been debated throughout the twentieth century. But both during the height of the modernist era and since, little to no consideration has been given to the work of minority writers as part of this movement. Considering works by writers ranging from B.

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The Dialect of Modernism

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The Dialect of Modernism uncovers the crucial role of racial masquerade and linguistic imitation in the emergence of literary modernism. Rebelling against the standard language, and literature written in it, modernists, such as Joseph Conrad, Gertrude Stein, T.S.

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Racial Discourse and Cosmopolitanism in Twentieth-Century Africa

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This book engages cosmopolitanism?a critical mode which moves beyond cultural pluralism by simultaneously privileging difference and commonality?in order to examine its particular deployment in the work of several African American writers. Deeply influenced and inspired by W. E.

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