Passing, Nella Larsen
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Passing, Nella Larsen
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eng
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no index present
Literary Form
novels
Main title
Passing
Oclc number
774716375
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Nella Larsen
Summary
"Nellallitea "Nella" Larsen (1891-1964) was an American novelist of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote two novels and a few short stories. Though her literary output was scant, what she wrote earned her recognition by her contemporaries and by present-day critics. In Passing, Larsen tells the story of Clare and Irene, two childhood friends. They lost touch when Clare's father died and she moved in with two white aunts. By hiding that Clare was part-black, they allowed her to 'pass' as a white woman and marry a white racist. Irene lives in Harlem, commits herself to racial uplift, and marries a black doctor. The novel centers on the meeting of the two childhood friends later in life, and the unfolding of events as each woman is fascinated and seduced by the other's daring lifestyle. The novel traces a tragic path as Irene becomes paranoid that her husband is having an affair with Clare"--Back cover
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- Psychological fiction
- Married women
- African American women -- Fiction
- Racially mixed people -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Human skin color
- New York (State) + New York
- African American women
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Passing (Identity)
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Married women -- Fiction
- Passing (Identity) -- Fiction
- Racially mixed people
- Female friendship
- Human skin color -- Fiction
- Identity (Psychology)
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- Subject18
- Psychological fiction
- Married women
- African American women -- Fiction
- Racially mixed people -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Human skin color
- New York (State) + New York
- African American women
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Identity (Psychology) -- Fiction
- Passing (Identity)
- New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
- Married women -- Fiction
- Passing (Identity) -- Fiction
- Racially mixed people
- Female friendship
- Human skin color -- Fiction
- Identity (Psychology)
- Content1
- Author1
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