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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... social results of schisms than in the debate on church dogmas which supposedly caused them . Even the names of the pastors carry symbolic significance . Mosevig , literally translated as " Moss - bay , " suggests a lower status than pas ...
... social results of schisms than in the debate on church dogmas which supposedly caused them . Even the names of the pastors carry symbolic significance . Mosevig , literally translated as " Moss - bay , " suggests a lower status than pas ...
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... social classes . Ager was always a keen observer of social class . At an American - style surprise party for the pastor , " the wealthier ones had gathered in the study . In the sitting room were people of the middle class , and in the ...
... social classes . Ager was always a keen observer of social class . At an American - style surprise party for the pastor , " the wealthier ones had gathered in the study . In the sitting room were people of the middle class , and in the ...
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... social criticism , but he is careful because he is writing an immigrant novel and an American working - class novel at one and the same time . On Ager's scale , social contrasts in the Midwest may be just as bad as class conflicts in ...
... social criticism , but he is careful because he is writing an immigrant novel and an American working - class novel at one and the same time . On Ager's scale , social contrasts in the Midwest may be just as bad as class conflicts in ...
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