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vii Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Model Modernity 1 1. A Dying Exoticism: The Enigmatic Fiction of Suzanne Lacascade 26 2. The Limits of Exemplarity: Marita Bonner’s Alternative Modernist Landscapes 68 3. Surrealist Dreams, Martinican Realities: The Negritude of Suzanne Césaire 107 4. Black Modernism in Retrospect: Dorothy West’s New (Negro) Women 141 Conclusion: Atypical Women Revisited 176 Notes 199 Bibliography 231 Index 247 This page intentionally left blank ...

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