"Not even past" race, historical trauma, and subjectivity in Faulkner, Larsen, and Van Vechten / [electronic resource] :
Dorothy Stringer.
- 1st ed.
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2010.
- viii, 177 p. : ports.
"American Literatures Initiative"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Little black man": repetition, the lesbian phallus, and the southern rape complex in Sanctuary -- "Which tooth hit you first?": nation, home, women, and violence in Requiem for a nun -- "Anyone with half an eye": blackness and the disaster of narcissism in Quicksand -- "A having way": fetishism and the black bourgeoisie in Passing -- "To glorify the negro": photographic shock and blackness in Carl Van Vechten's Portraiture.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 --Criticism and interpretation. Larsen, Nella--Criticism and interpretation. Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 --Criticism and interpretation.
Racism in literature. Subjectivity in literature. American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century