Rotten English: A Literary Anthology

by Amy Tan and Jonathan Safran Foer

Book Overview

Rotten English spans the globe to offer an overview of the best non-standard English writing of the past two centuries, with a focus on the most recent decades. What would once have been derogatorily termed "dialect literature" has come into its own in a language known variously as slang, creole, patois, pidgin, or, in the words of Nigerian novelist Ken Saro-Wiwa, "rotten English."

The first anthology of its kind, Rotten English celebrates vernacular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393329607
• ISBN13: 9780393329605
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 535 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.4"