American Babel (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: n/a
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Literary history
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: Language or languages, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Literature, Twenty-first century, Native Americans or American Indians, Ethnic groups, Immigration or emigration, Multiculturalism, Nationalism
The essays in American Babel, Marc Shell informs readers in his brief preface, originated in a three-day seminar on “The Non-English Literatures of the United States” held in Mexico during the annual meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association in 1997. Most of the essays in this resulting collection focus on non-English expressions and traditions in American literature (such as Arabic, Yiddish, and Vietnamese) and explore the theoretical issues which inform the study of American literary history in general and often place American literature in a wider global...
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