Harlem Renaissance, five novels of the 1920s, Rafia Zafar, editor
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Harlem Renaissance, five novels of the 1920s, Rafia Zafar, editor
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 859-867)
Index
no index present
Literary Form
novels
Main title
Harlem Renaissance
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
701019590
Responsibility statement
Rafia Zafar, editor
Series statement
The Library of America, 217
Sub title
five novels of the 1920s
Summary
Five Novels of the 1920s leads off with Jean Toomer's Cane (1923), a unique fusion of fiction, poetry, and drama rooted in Toomer's experiences as a teacher in Georgia. Recognized on publication as a groundbreaking work of literary modernism, Toomer's masterpiece was followed within a few years by a cluster of novels exploring black experience and the dilemmas of black identity in a variety of modes and from different angles. Claude McKay's Home to Harlem (1928), whose free-wheeling, impressionistic, bawdy kaleidoscope of Jazz Age nightlife made it a best seller, traces the picaresque adventures of Jake, a World War I veteran, within and beyond Harlem. Nell Larsen's Quicksand (1928), the poignant, nuanced psychological portrait of a woman caught between the two worlds of her mixed Scandinavian and African American heritage; Jessie Redmon Fauset's Plum Bun (1928), the richly detailed account of a young art student's struggles to advance her career in a society full of obstacles both overt and insidiously concealed; and Wallace Thurman's The Blacker the Berry (1929), with its anguished, provocative look at prejudice and exclusion as it tells of a new arrival in Harlem searching for love, each in its distinct way testifies to the enduring power of the Harlem ferment. Often controversial in their own day for opening up new realms of subject matter (including intergenerational conflict and color prejudice within the African American community) and language (infusing a wealth of argot and previously unheard voices into American fiction), these novels continue to surprise by their passion, their unblinking observation, their lively play of ideas, and their irreverent humor
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- Anthologie
- Noirs américains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Fictional Work
- Roman
- Novels
- Harlem Renaissance
- Roman américain -- New York (État) -- New York
- Roman américain + Auteurs noirs américains
- Harlem Renaissance -- Anthologies
- American fiction -- 20th century
- American fiction + African American authors
- Roman américain -- 20e siècle
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Andrae, A
- American fiction -- New York (State) -- New York
- Romans
- Harlem renaissance
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- Subject17
- Anthologie
- Noirs américains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Fictional Work
- Roman
- Novels
- Harlem Renaissance
- Roman américain -- New York (État) -- New York
- Roman américain + Auteurs noirs américains
- Harlem Renaissance -- Anthologies
- American fiction -- 20th century
- American fiction + African American authors
- Roman américain -- 20e siècle
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Andrae, A
- American fiction -- New York (State) -- New York
- Romans
- Harlem renaissance
- Content1
- Editor1
- Is Part Of1
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