Quicksand ; and, Passing / Nella Larsen ; edited and with an introduction by Deborah E. McDowell.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: American women writers seriesPublication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c1986.Description: xxxviii, 246 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0813511690 :
  • 9780813511696 :
  • 0813511704
  • 9780813511702
Uniform titles:
  • Novels. Selections
Contained works:
  • Larsen, Nella. Passing. 1986
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.52 19
LOC classification:
  • PS3523.A7225 A6 1986
Summary: 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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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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