The Cambridge Companion to the Harlem Renaissance

George Hutchinson editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:14th Jun '07

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

The Harlem Renaissance (1918–1937) was the most influential single movement in African American literary history. Its key figures include Du Bois, Larsen, Hurston, McKay, and Hughes. This 2007 Companion presents a set of new readings encouraging further exploration of this dynamic field.The Harlem Renaissance (1918–1937) was the most influential single movement in African American literary history. Its key figures include W. E. B. Du Bois, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Langston Hughes. The movement laid the groundwork for all later African American literature, and had an enormous impact on later black literature world-wide. With chapters by a wide range of well-known scholars, this 2007 Companion is an authoritative and engaging guide to the movement. It first discusses the historical contexts of the Harlem Renaissance, both national and international; then presents original discussions of a wide array of authors and texts; and finally treats the reputation of the movement in later years. Giving full play to the disagreements and differences that energized the renaissance, this Companion presents a set of new readings encouraging further exploration of this dynamic field.

"Highly recommended." -Choice, C.A. Bily, Choice

ISBN: 9780521856997

Dimensions: 235mm x 160mm x 23mm

Weight: 600g

296 pages