Strange Fruit and Patriotic Flowers: E. McKnight Kauffer's Illustrated South.

This article discusses literary works by Langston Hughes and William Faulkner in relation to their dust jackets and illustrations by the modernist expatriate American poster artist E. McKnight Kauffer (1890–1954). It argues that Kauffer's life and art are best understood in the context of displaceme...

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Publicado en:Southern Cultures Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 54 - 82
Autor principal: Knighton, Mary A.
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Publicado: University of North Carolina Press Winter2019
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