The assimilation experience of five American white ethnic novelists of the twentieth century
By: Betty Ann Burch
Edition: First edition.
Series: Routledge library editions: The American novel -- volume 2; Routledge library editions -- v. 2.
Publisher: Routledge, Taylor and Francis
Published: 2018
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9781315144573
Copyright date: 1990
Subjects: American fiction; Minority authors; History and criticism; Minorities; Intellectual life; Immigrants; American Authors; Biography; European Americans; Cultural assimilation; Emigration and immigration in literature; Assimilation (Sociology) in literature; Ethnicity in literature; Americanization; LITERARY CRITICISM; American; General
Description: "This title, originally published in 1990, is a contribution to the social and literary history of ethnic groups in America. Its sources are the writings - chiefly novels - of five authors of Eastern and Southern European descent, chosen because they depict the acculturation of their people, the meeting of their own ethnic group and American society. From their marginal stance, they expressed in fiction what they had observed and experienced, and they wrote symbolically of their journey to a choice of belonging to one group or the other. This title will be of interest to students of literature, history, and sociology."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Originally published in 1990 by Garland Publishing, Inc.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Chapter I Principles And Purpose; title: chapter II Vera Lebedeff; title: Marginality, The Choices of Identity; title: chapter III Michael Decapite; title: The Transcendence of Americanidentity; title: chapter IV Jerre Mangione; title: The Quest For Identity; title: chapter V Ben Field; title: Identity Choice Deferred By Group Membership; title: chapter VI Thomas Bell; title: The Choice of The Best in America; title: chapter VII The Climate of Criticism and Publishers' Acceptance; title: chapter VIII Summary and Conclusion.