Wanderwords: Language Migration in American Literature

by Maria Lauret

Book Overview

How do (im)migrant writers negotiate their representation of a multilingual world for a monolingual audience? Does their English betray the presence of another language, is that other language erased, or does it appear here and there, on special occasions for special reasons? Do words and meanings wander from one language and one self to another? Do the psychic and cultural worlds of different languages split apart or merge? What is the aesthetic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501318977
• ISBN13: 9781501318979
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"