The myth of New Orleans in literature : dialogues of race and gender

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  • Violet Harrington Bryan.
  • Bryan, Violet Harrington, 1948-
  • Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1993.
  • 1st ed.
  • Book
  • Print

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    Call Number
    PS267.N49 B78 1993
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    PS267.N49 B78 1993 c. 2
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    Summary

    Bryan explores the intersection of culture and literature, drawing from the likes of Tennessee Williams, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Walker Percy, Ishmael Reed and Kate Chopin shared themes that go beyond divisions of gender, class and race. She discusses such topics as the development of an urban myth, the dialectic of race, the Louisiana Federal Writers' Project of the WPA (1936-43) and post-1960s African American literature in New Orleans. Excellently illustrated in bandw. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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    Description:
    x, 222 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
    Published:
    Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1993.
    Language:
    English
    Notes:
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    ISBN:
    0870497898
    OCLC Number:
    27035452
    Other Identifiers:
    LCCN: 92042846

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