Nella Larsen (1891-1964)
A selective list of literary criticism for the African American novelist and short-story writer Nella Larsen, including signed articles by recognized scholars, peer and editor reviewed articles, and web sites that follow MLA guidelines for web pages.
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introduction & literary criticism
Basu, Biman. "Hybrid embodiment and an ethics of masochism: Nella Larsen's Passing and Sherley Anne Williams's Dessa Rose," African American Review (Fall 2002).
Brickhouse, Anna. "Nella Larsen and the Intertextual Geography of Quicksand," African American Review (Winter 2001).
Knadler, Stephen. "Domestic violence in the Harlem Renaissance: remaking the record in Nella Larsen's Passing and Toni Morrison's Jazz," African American Review (Spring 2004).
Monda, Kimberly. Self-delusion and self-sacrifice in Nella Larsen's 'Quicksand.' African American Review (Spring 1997).
(removed) Rayson, Ann.
(removed) Sherrard-Johnson, Cherene. "'A Plea For Color': Nella Larsen's Iconography of the Mulatta." On the image of the New Negro Woman in the Harlem Renaissance in Nella Larsen's writing and in visual art. American Literature 76, 4 (2004).
Silverman, Debra B. "Nella Larsen's 'Quicksand': untangling the webs of exoticism - portrayal of Black women in Larsen's 'Quicksand' and Gertrude Stein's 'Three Lives.'" African American Review (Winter 1993).
Sullivan, Neil. "Nella Larsen's 'Passing' and the fading subject." African American Review (Fall 1998).
A Teacher's Guide to Nella Larsen, from Heath, covers themes in her work, writers to compare her with, discussion questions.
A first-person essay on Nella Larsen's work by Sushama Austin, from the web site Literary Traveler.
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