Retrieving the Voice of the Ancestors: Folktale Narration in Hurston's Mules and Men

As W. E. B. Du Bois maintains, America’s authentic national culture is grounded in its history, popular culture, and the traditions of blacks. This claim is deeply rooted in Du Bois’s belief in the theory of Volkgeist, a conceptual model developed by the German Romantic philosopher Johann Gottfried...

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Main Author: Camilla Fascina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona 2014-12-01
Series:Iperstoria
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Online Access:https://iperstoria.it/article/view/321