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Kaleidoscope : Stories of the American Experience

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This innovative multicultural reader gathers together diaries, histories, autobiographies, short stories, and excerpts from novels to bring the many facets of the American experience to life, from sixteenth-century explorations to this century's ongoing saga of immigration and acculturation. Extending the traditional boundaries of the American literary canon, the editors first offer a comprehensive overview of the history of multicultural social and literary patterns in the United States, and then present a wealth of richly diverse stories--construing that term in the broadest possible sense--from both celebrated and lesser-known authors emphasizing pluralistic experience. Whenever possible, they present narratives of cross-cultural contact and exchange, rather than reports of cultures observed in isolation. Offering a uniquely broad range of readings within a strong thematic structure, Kaleidoscope is an enjoyable and enlightening reader for anyone interested in American literature and history, or the new emphasis on multiculturalism.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780195072228
  • ISBN-10: 0195072227
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publish Date: January 1993
  • Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 1.38 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.09 pounds
  • Page Count: 688

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