books by Nella Larsen (american complete passing)

books by Nella Larsen

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Passing
Nella Larsen

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1929

This is the first edition, first printing, which includes a brief paragraph that was omitted in the third printing. From a textbook publishers guide to Passing: The most obvious tradition in which to situate Larsens novels must be the novel-of-passing, which problematized questions of race. Deemphasizing biology, the novel-of-passing provided convenient ways to explore race as a construct of history, culture, and white supremacist ideology. ...

Quicksand & Passing

10 reviews
Nella Larsen

Serpent's Tail, 2001

Only read Quicksand--wonderful book
I read this book years ago, in college. It made me much more sympathetic to the struggles of biracial (black and white) women, of the past and today -- I am an Asian-American female. The book is a beautifully written, but painful story of how the protagonist moves through her life in societies where she is kept down on many levels (socially, economically, psychologically, physically) -- ...

Passing
Nella/ Davis, Thadious M. (INT) Larsen

Penguin Group USA, 2003

Quicksand

3 reviews
Nella Larsen

Macmillan Publishing Company, 1971

An unfortunately forgotten classic
Quicksand is an epic story of a tragic heroine written with taste and a great deal of wit. I can't help but wonder how the works of Nella Larsen are so criminally ignored by those interested in the study of African-American literature and the Harlem Renaissance (most texts make a brief footnote, failing to acknowledge the incredible value of this novel and its companion, the erotic and ...

Passing

25 reviews
Nella Larsen

Macmillan Pub Co, 1971

A view of the past
Written in 1929, PASSING is a product of the Harlem Renaissance. Nella Larsen, a biracial woman, relates the story of Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry. Both are fair skinned black women who can pass for white and grow up together in a black neighborhood. When Clare is orphaned she moves with white relatives and deserts her black heritage. She sees it as the only means of escape from the ...

An Intimation of Things Distant: The Collected Fiction of Nella Larsen
Nella Larsen

Anchor, 1992

Here, for the first time in one volume, are the novels Quicksand and Passing with corrected endings, and three short stories, all by Nella Larsen, "mystery woman" of the Harlem Renaissance, and the first black woman to be awarded a Guggenheim fellowship. Foreword by Marita Golden.

The Complete Fiction of Nella Larsen: Passing, Quicksand, and The Stories

3 reviews
Nella Larsen

Anchor, 2001

Larsen speaks to those who've felt they never really fit in
This volume contains two novellas, Passing and Quicksand. I would recommend reading the introduction afterwards because it might spoil the stories. The two female protagonists in her stories are loosely autobiographical. Larson's mother was from Denmark and her father was Caribbean or African-American. Both protagonists are bi-racial women living during the Harlem Renaissance period and ...