Multilingual America: Transnationalism, Ethnicity, and the Languages of American Literature
- ISBN-10
- 0814780938
- ISBN-13
- 9780814780930
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 409
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998-08
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Author
- Werner Sollors
Description
Describes literature in languages other than English in the United States, and recommends knowing English plus other languages
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