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Dialect and dichotomy : literary representations of African American speech /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Minnick, Lisa Cohen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2004]
Subjects:
Speech in literature.
Americanisms in literature.
Black English in literature.
African Americans > Languages.
African Americans in literature.
African Americans > Intellectual life.
English language > Dialects > United States.
English language > Spoken English > United States.
Dialect literature, American > History and criticism.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
American literature > White authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Southern States > History and criticism.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • A Brief History of American literary dialect
  • Linguists, literary critics, and literary dialect
  • Methodology
  • Articulating Jim: language and characterization in Huckleberry Finn
  • "A high, holy purpose": dialect in Charles W. Chesnutt's conjure tales
  • Representations of speech and attitudes about race in the sound and the fury
  • Community in conflict: saying and doing in their eyes were watching god.