[PDF] A Companion To The Harlem Renaissance eBook

Author : Cherene Sherrard-Johnson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 41,97 MB
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1118494148

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A Companion to the Harlem Renaissance presents acomprehensive collection of original essays that address theliterature and culture of the Harlem Renaissance from the end ofWorld War I to the middle of the 1930s. Represents the most comprehensive coverage of themes and uniquenew perspectives on the Harlem Renaissance available Features original contributions from both emerging scholars ofthe Harlem Renaissance and established academic “stars”in the field Offers a variety of interdisciplinary features, such as thesection on visual and expressive arts, that emphasize thecollaborative nature of the era Includes “Spotlight Readings” featuring lesserknown figures of the Harlem Renaissance and newly discovered orundervalued writings by canonicalfigures

Author : George Hutchinson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 29,12 MB
Release : 2007-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521673686

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This 2007 Companion is a comprehensive guide to the key authors and works of the African American literary movement.

Author : Cheryl A. Wall
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 24,12 MB
Release : 1995-09-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0253114985

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"Wall's writing is lively and exuberant. She passes her enthusiasm for these writers' works on to the reader. She captures the mood of the times and follows through with the writers' evolution -- sometimes to success, other times to isolation.... Women of the Harlem Renaissance is a rare blend of thorough academic research with writing that anyone can appreciate." -- Jason Zappe, Copley News Service "By connecting the women to one another, to the cultural movement in which they worked, and to other early 20th-century women writers, Wall deftly defines their place in American literature. Her biographical and literary analysis surpasses others by following up on diverse careers that often ended far past the end of the movement. Highly recommended... "Â -- Library Journal "Wall offers a wealth of information and insight on their work, lives and interaction with other writers... strong critiques... " -- Publishers Weekly The lives and works of women artists in the Harlem Renaissance -- Jessie Redmon Fauset, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Bessie Smith, and others. Their achievements reflect the struggle of a generation of literary women to depict the lives of Black people, especially Black women, honestly and artfully.

Author : Alex Davis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 20,27 MB
Release : 2007-07-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1139827642

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This Companion offers the most comprehensive overview available of modernist poetry, its forms, its major authors and its contexts. The first part explores the historical and cultural contexts and sexual politics of literary modernism and the avant garde. The chapters in the second part concentrate on individual authors and movements, while the concluding part offers a comprehensive overview of the early reception and subsequent canonisation of modernist poetry. As well as insightful readings of canonical poets, the Companion features extended discussions of poets whose importance is now being increasingly recognised, such as Mina Loy, poets of the Harlem Renaissance, and postcolonial poets in the Caribbean, Africa and India. While modernist poets are often thought of as difficult, these essays will help students to understand and enjoy their experimental, playful and fascinating responses to contemporary social and cultural change and their dialogue with the arts and with each other.

Author : George Hutchinson
Publisher :
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 27,98 MB
Release : 2007
Category : African American aesthetics
ISBN : 9781139817561

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The Harlem Renaissance (1918-1937) was the most influential single movement in African American literary history. With chapters by a wide range of well-known scholars, this text is an authoritative and engaging guide to the movement.

Author : Janet Witalec
Publisher : Gale Cengage
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 15,4 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN :

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Presents primary sources from and criticism on the Harlem Renaissance, covering social, economic, and political influences, publishing, and the arts.

Author : Brenda Murphy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,51 MB
Release : 1999-06-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780521576802

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This volume addresses the work of women playwrights throughout the history of the American theatre, from the early pioneers to contemporary feminists. Each chapter introduces the reader to the work of one or more playwrights and to a way of thinking about plays. Together they cover significant writers such as Rachel Crothers, Susan Glaspell, Lillian Hellman, Sophie Treadwell, Lorraine Hansberry, Alice Childress, Megan Terry, Ntozake Shange, Adrienne Kennedy, Wendy Wasserstein, Marsha Norman, Beth Henley and Maria Irene Fornes. Playwrights are discussed in the context of topics such as early comedy and melodrama, feminism and realism, the Harlem Renaissance, the feminist resurgence of the 1970s and feminist dramatic theory. A detailed chronology and illustrations enhance the volume, which also includes bibliographical essays on recent criticism and on African-American women playwrights before 1930.

Author : P. Stephen Hardy
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 39,2 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780516271705

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Real-life stories of struggle, achievement, victory, and sometimes loss that are an ideal companion for history, social science, language and geography studies. The Extroardinary People series is the perfect starter for students who want to know more about the people who shaped their world, focusing on the unique histories of people from every culture, and every walk of life.

Author : Sabina G. Arora
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 30,21 MB
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1680480456

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Away from the bustling nightlife of 1920s Harlem, a literary and cultural rebirth was taking place among African American writers, artists, and performers. Producing works that reflected the racial realities of the era between the end of the Civil War and the beginnings of the civil rights movement, these cultural luminaries helped define a new black consciousness. Readers will learn how the Great Migration and changing opportunities for African Americans informed the vibrant creative period known as the Harlem Renaissance. Bridging social and literary history, this volume provides an interdisciplinary overview and serves as a companion to multiple subject areas.