Maria Lauret, Wanderwords: Language Migration in American Literature. Series: New Horizons in Contemporary Writing

Maria Lauret, Wanderwords: Language Migration in American Literature. Series: New Horizons in Contemporary Writing

The name on the front cover is very well known in Ethnic and Gender circles. Marie Lauret’s substantial publications in the fields of literature, feminism, and post-colonialism and her dynamic presence as co-founder of Atlantic Studies speak for themselves. Her new, interdisciplinary venture, a marr...

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Published in:European Journal of American Studies 2016-02
Main Author: Patrona, Theodora D
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
20th century
Aesthetics
Bilingualism
Culture
Language
Linguistics
Migration
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Multilingualism
Narratives
Postcolonialism
Psychoanalysis
Reading
Writers
Writing
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Summary:The name on the front cover is very well known in Ethnic and Gender circles. Marie Lauret’s substantial publications in the fields of literature, feminism, and post-colonialism and her dynamic presence as co-founder of Atlantic Studies speak for themselves. Her new, interdisciplinary venture, a marriage between linguistics and literature, is, however, a most impressive work, original and path-breaking in its essence. Here, Lauret brilliantly examines migrant literary works for the words and p...
ISSN:1991-9336
1991-9336