Essays about: "Quicksand"

Found 1 essay containing the word Quicksand.

  1. 1. “A Plea for Color”: Color as a Path to Freedom in Nella Larsen’s Novel Quicksand

    University essay from Institutionen för humaniora

    Author : Julia Nordquist; [2008]
    Keywords : color imagery; double-consciousness; freedom; the Harlem Renaissance; Larsen; Quicksand;

    Abstract : The aim of the study is to investigate how double-consciousness operates through contrastive color imagery in Nella Larsen’s novel Quicksand. A focal point of the analysis is to show how Larsen thematizes the ability to benefit from bright colors and how color choice determines the quality and level of freedom in life. Together with W. E. READ MORE