Title Dialect and dichotomy : literary representations of African American speech / Lisa Cohen Minnick.

Publication Info.	Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2004]
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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	PS153.B53 M56 2004	Available	---

Description	xxi, 194 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-181) and index.
Contents	A Brief History of American literary dialect -- Linguists, literary critics, and literary dialect -- Methodology -- Articulating Jim: language and characterization in Huckleberry Finn -- "A high, holy purpose": dialect in Charles W. Chesnutt's conjure tales -- Representations of speech and attitudes about race in the sound and the fury -- Community in conflict: saying and doing in their eyes were watching god.
Subject	American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
	American literature -- African American authors.
	American literature -- Southern States -- History and criticism.
	American literature.
	Southern States.
	American literature -- White authors -- History and criticism.
	American literature -- White authors.
	American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Chronological Term	20th century
Subject	Dialect literature, American -- History and criticism.
	Dialect literature, American.
	English language -- Spoken English -- United States.
	English language -- Spoken English.
	United States.
	English language -- Dialects -- United States.
	English language -- Dialects.
	African Americans -- Intellectual life.
	African Americans -- Intellectual life.
	African Americans in literature.
	African Americans in literature.
	African Americans -- Languages.
	African Americans -- Languages.
	Black English in literature.
	Black English in literature.
	Americanisms in literature.
	Americanisms in literature.
	Speech in literature.
	Speech in literature.
ISBN	0817313990 cloth alkaline paper

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