Title: Literary Legacies, Folklore Foundations
Description: "In this provocative study of eight novels, Karen E. Beardslee asserts that American writers often engage with folk traditions as a necessary part of their characters' journeys to wholeness. Focusing not only on African American, Native American, and Hispanic American cultures but also on women's culture, Beardslee traces the connections between folk legacies and the search for selfhood in both nineteenth- and twentieth-century works."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: American fiction, Culture in literature, Ethnic groups in literature, Folklore in literature, Group identity in literature, History and criticism, Literature and folklore, Self in literature, American fiction, history and criticism
Places: United States