Twofold Identities: Norwegian-American Contributions to Midwestern LiteraturePeter Lang, 2004 - 240 síður Twofold Identities is a study of Midwestern American literature as well as of Norwegian-American immigrant texts. Many readers have judged the latter to be a mere reflection of immigrant experience, a judgment that is neither fair nor correct. These American writers were forced to confront an essentially modern experience complicated by the contextual duality of bilingualism. For early Midwestern immigrant writers and their readers, the task of homemaking in a new setting was a philosophically challenging and highly problematic endeavor. These Midwestern writers were not lost, divided, nor rootless. They had the unique privileged ability to draw on the resources of two worlds. As writers they enjoyed - and helped to strengthen - twofold identities. |
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... gives up drinking , but is converted and becomes a loyal church member . His failing marriage also improves and he is accepted by his in - laws . A sinful father saved by an innocent Christian daughter is one of the classic contrivances ...
... gives up drinking , but is converted and becomes a loyal church member . His failing marriage also improves and he is accepted by his in - laws . A sinful father saved by an innocent Christian daughter is one of the classic contrivances ...
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... gives up his ideas from the Thrane movement in Norway . Gregersen realizes that , in the long run , his radicalism will not work in the new country . He has been blacklisted in Norway for union activities , the main reason why he be ...
... gives up his ideas from the Thrane movement in Norway . Gregersen realizes that , in the long run , his radicalism will not work in the new country . He has been blacklisted in Norway for union activities , the main reason why he be ...
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... gives them too much self - confidence . Her roots in American literature certainly antedate Emerson . When the time comes for the baptizing of the Peder of the next genera- tion in Their Fathers ' God , Beret takes the matter into her ...
... gives them too much self - confidence . Her roots in American literature certainly antedate Emerson . When the time comes for the baptizing of the Peder of the next genera- tion in Their Fathers ' God , Beret takes the matter into her ...
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Twofold Identities: Norwegian-American Contributions to Midwestern Literature Øyvind Tveitereid Gulliksen Takmarkað sýnishorn - 2004 |
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