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Quicksand and Passing

American Women Writers Series

by Nella Larsen

Synopsis

Nella Larsen's novelsQuicksand(1928) andPassing(1929) document the historical realities of Harlem in the 1920s and shed a bright light on the social world of the black bourgeoisie. The novels' greatest appeal and achievement, however, is not sociological, but psychological. As noted in the editor's comprehensive introduction, Larsen takes the theme of psychic dualism, so popular in Harlem Renaissance fiction, to a higher and more complex level, displaying a sophisticated understanding and penetrating analysis of black female psychology.

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Book Information

Copyright year 1986
ISBN-13 9780813511702
ISBN-10 0813511704
Class Copyright
Publisher Rutgers University Press
Subject Fiction
File Size 0 MB
Number of Pages 286
Shelf No. DT211
Ages 20-99