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A Literary Tour of the United States

Summary

Track the literary expression of New York's immigrant communities, beginning with Abraham Cahan's The Rise of David Levinsky and Stephen Crane's Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, stories of social rise and the hardships of assimilation. In works by Julia Alvarez and Esmeralda Santiago, witness the struggle for freedom and identity in the writers' experience of bridging cultures.

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