Grammar and twentieth-century American literature /

" Explores the intersection of American literature and language politics through the curiously understudied subject of grammar. Taking Gertrude Stein, Zora Neale Hurston, Lydia Davis and David Foster Wallace as key case studies, Lola Boorman makes a series of compelling links between how Americ...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Boorman, Lola (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2026]
Series:	Modern American literature and the new twentieth century.
Subjects:	American literature > 20th century > History and criticism. Literary style. Authors, American > 20th century. English language > Grammar. Grammar, Comparative and general. Literary style > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century. Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique. Style littéraire. Grammaire comparée et générale. American literature > History and criticism. Authors, American English language > Grammar 1900-1999 Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : Make grammar do
Authorised forms : Gertrude Stein and Harvard style
Zora Neale Hurston's tone-deaf dialects
A position at the university : Lydia Davis, theory and the everyday
Politics and the English language : David Foster Wallace's standards
Conclusion : Tense present.