Approaches to Teaching the Novels of Nella Larsen

Informationen zum Autor Jacquelyn Y. McLendon is professor of English and Africana Studies at the College of William and Mary. Her publications include The Politics of Color in the Fiction of Jessie Fauset and Nella Larsen. She is co-series editor of the Pearson Library of American Literature database. Klappentext Nella Larsen's novels Quicksand and Passing! published at the height of the Harlem Renaissance! fell out of print and ere thus little known for many years. Now widely available and taught! Quicksand and Passing challenge conventional "tragic mulatta” and "passing” narratives. This volume offers approaches for teaching these two important novels. Zusammenfassung Nella Larsen’s novels Quicksand and Passing, published at the height of the Harlem Renaissance, fell out of print and ere thus little known for many years. Now widely available and taught, Quicksand and Passing challenge conventional “tragic mulatta” and “passing” narratives. This volume offers approaches for teaching these two important novels.

Product details

• Authors: Jacquelyn Y. (EDT) McLendon
• Assisted by: Jacquelyn Y McLendon (Editor), Jacquelyn Y. McLendon (Editor)
• Publisher: Modern Language Assn Of Amer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.03.2016
• EAN: 9781603292207
• ISBN: 978-1-60329-220-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Approaches to Teaching World L; Approaches to Teaching World Literature S.; Approaches to Teaching World L; Approaches to Teaching World Literature S.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories