The essay discusses the relevance of Larsen's correspondence with Carl Van Vechten, Dorothy Peterson, and other intellectuals of her time. The editors foreground how Larsen's letters are revelatory of her thoughts and concerns about her writing and the creative process. They also emphasize the importance of the 1931 reader's report on Larsen's unpublished manuscript "Mirage," since it dispels the erroneous commonplace tha Larsen's stopped writing after "Sanctuary" (1930).
Introduction to _Nella Larsen's Latters, 1917-1935_
M. Giulia FabiCo-primo
2022
Abstract
The essay discusses the relevance of Larsen's correspondence with Carl Van Vechten, Dorothy Peterson, and other intellectuals of her time. The editors foreground how Larsen's letters are revelatory of her thoughts and concerns about her writing and the creative process. They also emphasize the importance of the 1931 reader's report on Larsen's unpublished manuscript "Mirage," since it dispels the erroneous commonplace tha Larsen's stopped writing after "Sanctuary" (1930).File in questo prodotto:
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