Poétique de l’espace insulaire dans The Wedding de Dorothy West

I will examine how Dorothy West reconstructs the referential space of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachussets, in her last novel, The Wedding (1995). By focusing on her fictional mapping of the island and its black enclave, the Oval, my aim is to explore West’s poetics of space with relation to her critici...

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Main Author: Corinne Duboin
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Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2006-06-01
Series:Anglophonia
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/acs/2402
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description I will examine how Dorothy West reconstructs the referential space of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachussets, in her last novel, The Wedding (1995). By focusing on her fictional mapping of the island and its black enclave, the Oval, my aim is to explore West’s poetics of space with relation to her criticism of the black upper class of the Os.
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Poétique de l’espace insulaire dans The Wedding de Dorothy West
Anglophonia
représentation romanesque de l’espace
insularité
littérature afro-américaine
title Poétique de l’espace insulaire dans The Wedding de Dorothy West
title_full Poétique de l’espace insulaire dans The Wedding de Dorothy West
title_fullStr Poétique de l’espace insulaire dans The Wedding de Dorothy West
title_full_unstemmed Poétique de l’espace insulaire dans The Wedding de Dorothy West
title_short Poétique de l’espace insulaire dans The Wedding de Dorothy West
title_sort poetique de l espace insulaire dans the wedding de dorothy west
topic représentation romanesque de l’espace
insularité
littérature afro-américaine
url https://journals.openedition.org/acs/2402
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