Marginalized Voices in American Literature: Margins and Fringes

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Often a question is raised whether the marginalized can speak. It is a fact that the marginalized cannot stay voiceless for long, they have to speak and find a vent for their fears and anguish. Marginalized voices in American Literature: Margins and Fringes intends to give voice to the unheard, the subaltern voices in American literature and offer a true insight into the way they have tried to suppress and oppress their voices. The eleven essays focus on key literary and cultural texts and cover a broad spectrum of historical, linguistic, and theoretical issues. The modern-day debate in almost every disciplinary area including literature, history, sociology, and political science centers around significant issues of marginality like justice, gender, equality, and inequality. Wide ranging in their focus, highlighting the importance of representation, power, self-definition, and collective identities, the book offers a fascinating and stimulating discussion of questions which are central to the study of human experience and interaction. Hence, the eleven essays in the anthology will prove very relevant to the students and researchers of English Literature.