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The assimilation experience of five American white ethnic novelists of the twentieth century / Betty Ann Burch.

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"This title, originally published in 1990, is a contribution to the social and literary history of ethnic groups in America. Its sources are the writings - chiefly novels - of five authors of Eastern and Southern European descent, chosen because they depict the acculturation of their people, th...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Burch, Betty Ann (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Routledge library editions. American novel ; v. 2.
Subjects:
American fiction > Minority authors > History and criticism.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Minorities > United States > Intellectual life.
Immigrants > United States > Intellectual life.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
European Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Emigration and immigration in literature.
European Americans > Intellectual life.
Assimilation (Sociology) in literature.
Ethnicity in literature.
Americanization.
American fiction.
American fiction > Minority authors.
Authors, American.
Immigrants > Intellectual life.
Minorities > Intellectual life.
United States.
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter I Principles And Purpose
  • chapter II Vera Lebedeff
  • Marginality, The Choices of Identity
  • chapter III Michael Decapite
  • The Transcendence of Americanidentity
  • chapter IV Jerre Mangione
  • The Quest For Identity
  • chapter V Ben Field
  • Identity Choice Deferred By Group Membership
  • chapter VI Thomas Bell
  • The Choice of The Best in America
  • chapter VII The Climate of Criticism and Publishers' Acceptance
  • chapter VIII Summary and Conclusion.

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