Ethnic Passages: Literary Immigrants in Twentieth-Century America

by Thomas J. Ferraro

Book Overview

Ethnic literature figures prominently in the current debate on multiculturalism, but even its supporters have had little to say about it as literature, stressing instead its political and sociological context. Thomas J. Ferraro, in this lively and accessible study of modern fiction by Americans of immigrant background, argues that the best of these stories demand--and reward--close reading and attention to questions of genre and literary form.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226244423
• ISBN13: 9780226244426
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"