A human necklace : the African diaspora and Paule Marshall's fiction /
From Brown Girl, Brownstones (1959) to The Fisher King (2000), Paule Marshall's novels, novellas, and short stories include a rich cast of unforgettable men, women, and children who forge spiritual as well as emotional and geographical paths toward their ancestors. In this, the first critical s...
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| Language: | English |
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State University of New York Press,
2013
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Table of Contents:
- Wanting brownstones : why Brooklyn?
- Soul clap hands and sing : sadness, resistance, redemption
- A "nation of diabetics" meets empire
- Water and nomenclature : Praisesong for the widow
- Paule Marshall's Daughters : wars of independence
- The fisher king : new beginnings and a culmination.
