All stories are true
Subtitle: history, myth, and trauma in the work of John Edgar Wideman
By: Tracie Church Guzzio
Series: Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781617030048; 9781617030055
Subjects: African Americans in literature; Criticism and interpretation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-309) and index.
Table of contents: title: "All stories are true": palimpsestic storytelling; title: Deconstructing history: trauma and the alienation narratives; title: Return home: mythic narratives and family history; title: Journey back (again): the post-traumatic narratives; title: Truth and reconciliation: the blues and the heroic romance; title: Conclusion.