Writing back : American expatriates and narratives of return

Writing back : American expatriates and narratives of return / Susan Winnett.

"The migration of American artists and intellectuals to Europe in the early twentieth century has been amply documented and studied, but few scholars have examined the aftermath of their return home. Writing Back focuses on the memoirs of modernist writers and intellectuals who struggled with t...

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Main Author: Winnett, Susan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Series:Rethinking theory (Baltimore, Md.)
Subjects:
Stein, Gertrude, > 1874-1946 > Criticism and interpretation.
Cowley, Malcolm, > 1898-1989 > Criticism and interpretation.
Stearns, Harold, > 1891-1943 > Criticism and interpretation.
James, Henry, > 1843-1916 > Criticism and interpretation.
Cowley, Malcolm, > 1898-1989
James, Henry, > 1843-1916
Stearns, Harold, > 1891-1943
Stein, Gertrude, > 1874-1946
1900-1999
Identity (Psychology) in literature.
Expatriate authors > Psychology.
Autobiography.
American prose literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
autobiography (genre)
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American prose literature
Autobiography
Identity (Psychology) in literature
Literature
Europe > In literature.
United States > In literature.
Europe
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: writing back: American expatriates' narratives of return
  • Framing the un-scene/writing the wrongs : Henry James's text of America
  • An intellectual is being beaten : the escape and return of Harold E. Stearns
  • Wo Mama war, soll Dada werden : Malcolm Cowley's odyssey of legitimation
  • Everybody's autobiography : the remaking of an American
  • Postcript.

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