African, Native, and Jewish American Literature and the Reshaping of Modernism (1403977976) KENT

What does the modern era look like to those labeled “not modern” or “traditional”? Refuting claims that their art was “old world” and “primitive,” African, Native, and Jewish American writers in the early twentieth century instead developed experimental strategies of self-representation that reshaped the very form of the novel itself. Uncovering the connections and confrontations among three ethnic groups not often read in relation to one another, Kent maps out the historical contexts that have shaped ethnic American writing in the Modernist era, a period of radical dislocation from homelands and increased migration for these three ethnic groups. Rather than focus on the ways others have represented these groups, Kent restores the voices of these multicultural writers to the debate about what it means to be modern.

"Kent joins critics like Werner Sollors, Delia Konzett, and Christopher Schedler in the effort to bring ethnicity and race into the conversation about modern texts. This book explores how the fiction of African, Jewish, and Native American authors participated in the new contestations of self and history that defined the modern in American culture- valuable contribution to modernist studies."--Lise Kildegaard, Associate Professor of English, Luther College

"Kent's text challenges readers and critics to reconsider the place of these so-called minority writers on the margins of the American mainstream and, instead, demands that these works and writers be welcomed into the modernist canon. This convincing and solidly argued book constitutes an important and valuable contribution to modernist criticism and will require revision of the categorization of African American, Native American and Jewish American literatures of the early twentieth century."--John D. Kalb, Associate Professor of English, Salisbury University

Introduction * African Americans: Moving from Caricatures to Creators, Charles Chesnutt and Zora Neale Hurston * Native Americans: Moving from Primitive to Postmodern, Mourning Dove and D’Arcy McNickle * Jewish Americans: Moving from Exile to Authorship, Abraham Cahan and Anzia Yezierska

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