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The Subversive Storyteller : The Short Story Cycle and the Politics of Identity in America

By Michelle Pacht

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Year
2009
ISBN
9781443803854, 9781443801652
LCC
PS374.S5 -- P24 2009eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
709 kB (726406 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
173\173
Time added
2023-08-04 07:50:37
American -- History and criticism. ; Cycles (LiterShort stories

Description

The Subversive Storyteller: The Short Story Cycle and the Politics of Identity in America examines how nineteenth- and twentieth-century American authors adapted and expanded the short story cycle to convey subversive or controversial ideas without alienating readers and threatening their ability to succeed within the literary marketplace. The twelve authors highlighted here come from a wide range of cultural, racial, and geographic backgrounds. Their texts represent different, more advanced...

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