Multicultural American Literature: Comparative Black, Native, Latino/a and Asian American Fictions
- ISBN-10
- 147447019X
- ISBN-13
- 9781474470193
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 318
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Author
- A. Robert Lee
Description
A full, detailed and carefully comparative analysis of recent American 'ethnic' writing from an author with an unparalleled knowledge of his subject. Timely, wide-ranging and informative, this book covers the writing - in both fiction and autobiography - of Black, Native, Latino/a and Asian American authors.
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