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The Harlem Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction
Cheryl A. Wall
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paperback. This Very Short Introduction offers an overview of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural awakening among African Americans between the two world wars. Cheryl A. Wall brings readers to the Harlem of 1920s to identify the cultural themes and issues that engaged writers, musicians, and visual artists alike. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 173 x 10. Weight in Grams: 116. Clean copy showing some age and light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural awakening among African Americans between the two world wars. It was the cultural phase of the New Negro movement, a social and political phenomenon that promoted a proud racial identity, economic independence, and progressive politics. In this Very Short Introduction, Cheryl A. Wall captures the Harlem Renaissance's zeitgeist by identifying issues and strategies that engaged writers, musicians, and visual artists alike. She introduces key figures such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Jean Toomer, along with such signature texts as Mother to Son, Harlem Shadows, ... Read more
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural awakening among African Americans between the two world wars. It was the cultural phase of the New Negro movement, a social and political phenomenon that promoted a proud racial identity, economic independence, and progressive politics. In this Very Short Introduction, Cheryl A. Wall captures the Harlem Renaissance's zeitgeist by identifying issues and strategies that engaged writers, musicians, and visual artists alike. She introduces key figures such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Jean Toomer, along with such signature texts as Mother to Son, Harlem Shadows, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Series
Very Short Introductions
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199335558
SKU
KMK0024664
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About Cheryl A. Wall
Cheryl A. Wall is a literary critic and professor of English at Rutgers University. She specializes in black women's writing, particularly the Harlem Renaissance and Zora Neale Hurston. She is the author of Worrying the Line: Black Women Writers, Lineage and Literary Tradition and Women of the Harlem Renaissance, and the editor of several volumes of Hurston's writings for the ... Read more
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