A History of the Harlem Renaissance (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108493574)

The Harlem Renaissance was the most influential single movement in African American literary history. The movement laid the groundwork for subsequent African American literature, and had an enormous impact on later black literature world-wide. In its attention to a wide range of genres and forms - from the roman à clef and the bildungsroman, to dance and book illustrations - this book seeks to encapsulate and analyze the eclecticism of Harlem Renaissance cultural expression. It aims to re-frame conventional ideas of the New Negro movement by presenting new readings of well-studied authors, such as Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes, alongside analysis of topics, authors, and artists that deserve fuller treatment. An authoritative collection on the major writers and issues of the period, A History of the Harlem Renaissance takes stock of nearly a hundred years of scholarship and considers what the future augurs for the study of 'the New Negro'.

Author: Rachel Farebrother
ISBN-10: 1108493572
ISBN-13: 9781108493574
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 02/04/2021
Pages: 452
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.70w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 12/01/2021