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

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.
Local noteLittle-346981--305131052615W
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [175]-181) and index.
LCCN 2004000606
ISBN0817313990 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PS153.B53 M56 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold