The dialect of modernism : race, language, and twentieth-century literature /
North, Michael, 1951-
The dialect of modernism : race, language, and twentieth-century literature / Michael North. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1994. - 1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations - - Race and American culture . - Race and American culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-244) and index.
Against the standard : linguistic imitation, racial masquerade, and the modernist rebellion -- The nigger of the "Narcissus" as a preface to modernism -- Modernism's African mask : the Stein-Picasso collaboration -- Old Possum and Brer Rabbit : Pound and Eliot's racial masquerade -- Quashie to Buccra : the linguistic expatriation of Claude McKay -- Race, the American language, and the Americanist avant-garde -- Two strangers in the American language : William Carlos Williams and Jean Toomer -- "Characteristics of Negro expression" : Zora Neale Hurston and the Negro anthology.
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The Dialect of Modernism uncovers the crucial role of racial masquerade and linguistic imitation in the emergence of literary modernism. Rebelling against the standard language and literature written in it, modernists such as Joseph Conrad, Gertrude Stein, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, and William Carlos Williams reimagined themselves as racial aliens and mimicked the strategies of dialect speakers in their work. In doing so, they made possible the most radical representational strategies of modern literature, which emerged from their attack on the privilege of standard language. At the same time, however, another movement identified with Harlem was struggling to free itself from the very dialect the modernists appropriated, at least as it had been rendered by two generations of white dialect writers. For writers such as Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, and Zora Neale Hurston, this dialect became a barrier as rigid as the standard language itself, and its appropriation served to reinforce the subordinate status of the dialect. Thus, the two modern movements, which arrived simultaneously in 1922, were linked and divided by their different stakes in the same language. In The Dialect of Modernism, Michael North shows, through biographical and historical investigation, and through careful readings of major literary works, that however different they were, the two movements are inextricably connected, and thus, cannot be considered in isolation. Each was marked, for good and bad, by the other. The Dialect of Modernism is the second volume in Oxford's new Race and American Culture series.
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Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Nigger of the Narcissus.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Nigger of the Narcissus.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Nigger of the 'Narcissus'.
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Nigger of the "Narcissus" (Conrad, Joseph)
1900-1999
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
Dialect literature, American--History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature)--English-speaking countries.
African Americans in literature.
Black English in literature.
Language and culture.
Race in literature.
Modernism (Literature)--United States.
Littérature américaine--Auteurs noirs américains--Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Littérature dialectale américaine--Histoire et critique.
Modernisme (Littérature)--États-Unis.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Black English (Dialecte) dans la littérature.
Langage et culture.
Race dans la littérature.
Noirs américains--Vie intellectuelle--20e siècle.
Modernisme (Littérature)--Anglophonie.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
African Americans in literature.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
American literature.
American literature--African American authors.
Black English in literature.
Dialect literature, American.
Language and culture.
Modernism (Literature)
Race in literature.
Englisch
Schwarze
Literatur
Rasse
Sprache
Kultur
Moderne
Mundart
Rassismus
Amerikaans.
Dialecten.
Letterkunde.
Modernisme (cultuur)
Littérature américaine--Auteurs noirs américains--Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Modernisme (littérature)--États-Unis.
Langage et culture.
Black English (dialecte)--Dans la littérature.
Race--Dans la littérature.
Noirs américains--Dans la littérature.
English-speaking countries.
USA
English literature Modernism United States
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS153.N5 / N67 1994
810.9/896073
The dialect of modernism : race, language, and twentieth-century literature / Michael North. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1994. - 1 online resource (252 pages) : illustrations - - Race and American culture . - Race and American culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-244) and index.
Against the standard : linguistic imitation, racial masquerade, and the modernist rebellion -- The nigger of the "Narcissus" as a preface to modernism -- Modernism's African mask : the Stein-Picasso collaboration -- Old Possum and Brer Rabbit : Pound and Eliot's racial masquerade -- Quashie to Buccra : the linguistic expatriation of Claude McKay -- Race, the American language, and the Americanist avant-garde -- Two strangers in the American language : William Carlos Williams and Jean Toomer -- "Characteristics of Negro expression" : Zora Neale Hurston and the Negro anthology.
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The Dialect of Modernism uncovers the crucial role of racial masquerade and linguistic imitation in the emergence of literary modernism. Rebelling against the standard language and literature written in it, modernists such as Joseph Conrad, Gertrude Stein, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, and William Carlos Williams reimagined themselves as racial aliens and mimicked the strategies of dialect speakers in their work. In doing so, they made possible the most radical representational strategies of modern literature, which emerged from their attack on the privilege of standard language. At the same time, however, another movement identified with Harlem was struggling to free itself from the very dialect the modernists appropriated, at least as it had been rendered by two generations of white dialect writers. For writers such as Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, and Zora Neale Hurston, this dialect became a barrier as rigid as the standard language itself, and its appropriation served to reinforce the subordinate status of the dialect. Thus, the two modern movements, which arrived simultaneously in 1922, were linked and divided by their different stakes in the same language. In The Dialect of Modernism, Michael North shows, through biographical and historical investigation, and through careful readings of major literary works, that however different they were, the two movements are inextricably connected, and thus, cannot be considered in isolation. Each was marked, for good and bad, by the other. The Dialect of Modernism is the second volume in Oxford's new Race and American Culture series.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
1429405767 (electronic bk.) 9781429405768 (electronic bk.) 128052703X 9781280527036 9780195359107 0195359100 9786610527038 6610527032 (acid-free paper) (acid-free paper) (pbk.) (pbk.)
52703 MIL
93036288
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Nigger of the Narcissus.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Nigger of the Narcissus.
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. Nigger of the 'Narcissus'.
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
Nigger of the "Narcissus" (Conrad, Joseph)
1900-1999
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
Dialect literature, American--History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature)--English-speaking countries.
African Americans in literature.
Black English in literature.
Language and culture.
Race in literature.
Modernism (Literature)--United States.
Littérature américaine--Auteurs noirs américains--Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Littérature dialectale américaine--Histoire et critique.
Modernisme (Littérature)--États-Unis.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Black English (Dialecte) dans la littérature.
Langage et culture.
Race dans la littérature.
Noirs américains--Vie intellectuelle--20e siècle.
Modernisme (Littérature)--Anglophonie.
LITERARY CRITICISM--American--General.
African Americans in literature.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
American literature.
American literature--African American authors.
Black English in literature.
Dialect literature, American.
Language and culture.
Modernism (Literature)
Race in literature.
Englisch
Schwarze
Literatur
Rasse
Sprache
Kultur
Moderne
Mundart
Rassismus
Amerikaans.
Dialecten.
Letterkunde.
Modernisme (cultuur)
Littérature américaine--Auteurs noirs américains--Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine--Histoire et critique.--20e siècle
Modernisme (littérature)--États-Unis.
Langage et culture.
Black English (dialecte)--Dans la littérature.
Race--Dans la littérature.
Noirs américains--Dans la littérature.
English-speaking countries.
USA
English literature Modernism United States
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS153.N5 / N67 1994
810.9/896073