Quicksand ; and, Passing
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Bibliographic Information
Quicksand ; and, Passing
（American women writers series / Joanne Dobson, Judith Fetterley, and Elaine Showalter, series editors）
Rutgers University Press, 1986
- : [cloth]
- : pbk
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Note
Bibliography: p. xxxvi-xxxvii
Contents of Works
- Quicksand
- Passing
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"Quicksand and Passing are novels I will never forget. They open up a whole world of experience and struggle that seemed to me, when I first read them years ago, absolutely absorbing, fascinating, and indispensable."-Alice Walker
"A tantalizing mix of moral fable and sensuous colorful narrative, exploring female sexuality and racial solidarity."-Women's Studies International Forum
Nella Larsen's novels Quicksand (1928) and Passing (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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