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| Format | Journal Article |
|---|---|
| Author, Analytic | Kersten, Holger |
| Title, Analytic | The Creative Potential of Dialect Writing in Later-Nineteenth-Century America |
| Journal Title | Nineteenth-Century Literature |
| Date of Publication | June 2000 |
| Volume ID | 55 |
| Issue ID | 1 |
| Location in Work | 92-117 |
| ISSN | 0891-9356 |
| Abstract | Holger argues for more favorable evaluations of those texts produced from the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries that, to achieve their literary effects, availed themselves of the expressive potential inherent in unconventional language use. Written by authors such as Finley Peter Dunne, Charles Godfrey Leland, Thomas A. Daly, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Alexander Posey and others--names rarely listed in standard literary histories--these texts derived their appeal from the way they used language but also from the perspective their linguistic strategy created. Their linguistic virtuosity, their potential value as documents of folklore and linguistic diversity, and their significance in the development toward alternative forms of literary expression make them an unusual treasure in America's literary heritage. |
| Notes | Printed from PDF file |
| Call Number | MKI P2004-7 |
| MKI Terms | Humor & Satire/ Dialects/ German Americans/ Language, German (US) -- Dialects/ Linguistics/ Literature, American |