Quicksand ; and, Passing / Nella Larsen ; edited and with an introduction by Deborah E. McDowell.
Material type: TextSeries: American women writers seriesPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1986.Description: xxxviii, 246 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 0813511690 :
- 9780813511696 :
- 0813511704
- 9780813511702
- Novels. Selections
- Larsen, Nella. Passing. 1986
- 813/.52 19
- PS3523.A7225 A6 1986
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | Stonewall Fiction | FIC LAR 1986 | 1 | Available | 08135116901 |
Includes bibliographies.
Nella Larsen's novels Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929) document the historical realities of Harlem in the 1920s and shed a bright light on the social world of the black bourgeoisie. The novels' greatest appeal and achievement, however, is not sociological, but psychological. As noted in the editor's comprehensive introduction, Larsen takes the theme of psychic dualism, so popular in Harlem Renaissance fiction, to a higher and more complex level, displaying a sophisticated understanding and penetrating analysis of black female psychology.
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