The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader (African American History (Penguin))

The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader (African American History (Penguin))
by David Lewis

The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader (African American History (Penguin))
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Author: David Lewis
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1995-06-01
ISBN: 0140170367
Number of pages: 816
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

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Summary: 5 Stars

This hefty book has stories and poems written by the great writers of the Harlem Renaissance era. If you've ever been curious about the Harlem Renaissance--what it was; who was a part of it and when did it happen, this is the book for you.

You can sample stories and poetry written in the language of the times from Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson, Walter White, Claude Mc Kay, Carl Van Vechten, Richard Bruce Nugent, Sterling Brown, Nella Larsen, Countee Cullen, Jean Toomer, Marcus Garvey, Alaine Locke, Wallace Thurman.

While you won't be able to see the marvelous art works of Aaron Douglas, Romare Bearden or watch the acting talent of Paul Robeson in this book but each of the men and other visual artists of the day were interviewed or have written descriptive essays about their works or the times in which they lived.

This book gives the reader a splendid view of the Harlem Renaissance and why it was important time not just in Black History but also in American History.
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Summary of The Portable Harlem Renaissance Reader (African American History (Penguin))

From its beginnings in 1919, with soldiers returning from the Great War, to its sputtering end in 1934, with the Great Depression, the New Negro Movement in arts and letters proclaimed the experience of African American men and women. This magnificent volume features a wealth of fiction and nonfiction works by 45 writers from that exuberant era.
This collection magnificently represents the great voices of this era. The volume includes the work of some forty-five Renaissance figures: short fiction and self-contained novel excerpts by Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen, Wallace Thurman, and Jean Toomer; poems by Gwendolyn Bennett, Countee Cullen, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Langston Hughes, and Claude McKay; essays, manifestos, speeches, and nostalgic reminiscences by Romare Bearden, W. E. B. Dubois, Marcus Garvey, James Weldon Johnson, Alain Locke, and Richard Wright.

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