All stories are true : history, myth, and trauma in the work of John Edgar Wideman / Tracie Church Guzzio

Englisch

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2011

Online-Ressource (ix, 320 p)

Includes bibliographical references and index

Print version: All Stories Are True : History, Myth, and Trauma in the Work of John Edgar Wideman

978-1-61703-004-8 cloth

978-1-61703-005-5 e-book

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction -- "All stories are true": palimpsestic storytelling -- Deconstructing history: trauma and the alienation narratives -- Return home: mythic narratives and family history -- Journey back (again): the post-traumatic narratives -- Truth and reconciliation: the blues and the heroic romance -- Conclusion.

*Wideman, John Edgar -- Criticism and interpretation ; African Americans in literature

*African Americans in literature ; Wideman, John Edgar ; Criticism and interpretation ; Electronic books

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: PS3573.I26

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 813/.54;

In All Stories Are True , Tracie Church Guzzio provides the first full-length study of John Edgar Wideman's entire oeuvre to date. Specifically, Guzzio examines the ways in which Wideman (b. 1941) engages with three crucial themes-history, myth

 

Online-Ausg.

2011

Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web

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