Marc Shell (Editor)
Marc Shell is Professor of Comparative Literature and
English and American Language and Literature at Harvard
University.
Werner Sollors (Editor)
Werner Sollors is Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor ,
Emeritus, of English Literature and Professor of Afro-American
Studies. He is the author and editor of numerous books, including
The Multilingual Anthology of American Literature, Theories of
Ethnicity: A Classical Reader, and Multilingual America:
Transnationalism, Ethnicity, and the Languages of American
Literature, all available from NYU Press.
"What exactly constitutes American literature? Harvard professors Marc Shell (OVERDUE; ART AND MONEY) and Werner Sollors (THEORIES OF ETHNICITY; BLACKS AT HARVARD; MULTILINGUAL AMERICA) offer a unique and fascinating twist with THE MULTILINGUAL ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: A READER OF ORIGINAL TEXTS WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS. They say that American literature doesn't include only material written in English--it includes a Lenape epic, WALAM OLUM; it includes Omar Ibn Said's African-American narrative in Arabic; it includes Victor Sejour's French story "Le Mutatre." Twenty-nine works are here, in languages ranging from Russian and Yiddish to Welsh and Norwegian, along with English translations, reminding us of America's polyglot roots." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
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