Companion to the Harlem Renaissance

A Companion to the Harlem Renaissance presents a comprehensive collection of original essays that address the literature and culture of the Harlem Renaissance from the end of World War I to the middle of the 1930s.
* Represents the most comprehensive coverage of themes and unique new perspectives on the Harlem Renaissance available
* Features original contributions from both emerging scholars of the Harlem Renaissance and established academic "stars" in the field
* Offers a variety of interdisciplinary features, such as the section on visual and expressive arts, that emphasize the collaborative nature of the era
* Includes "Spotlight Readings" featuring lesser known figures of the Harlem Renaissance and newly discovered or undervalued writings by canonical figures

About the author

Cherene Sherrard-Johnson is the Sally Mead Hands-Bascom Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of Dorothy West's Paradise: A Biography of Class and Color (2012), Portraits of the New Negro Woman: Visual and Literary Culture in the Harlem Renaissance (2007), and the annotated edition of Jessie Redmon Fauset's Comedy: American Style (2011).

Summary

A Companion to the Harlem Renaissance presents a comprehensive collection of original essays that address the literature and culture of the Harlem Renaissance from the end of World War I to the middle of the 1930s.

Product details

• Authors: Cherene Sherrard-Johnson, C Sherrard-Johnso, Cherene (University of Wisconsin Sherrard-Johnson
• Assisted by: Cheren Sherrard-Johnson (Editor), Sherrard-Johnson Cherene (Editor), Cherene Sherrard-Johnson (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 18.04.2024
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
• EAN: 9781119054535
• ISBN: 978-1-119-05453-5
• Pages: 496
• Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture; Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture; BLACKWELL COMPANIONS TO LITERA
• Subjects: Literaturwissenschaft, Amerikanische Literatur, Kulturwissenschaften, Literature, Cultural Studies, American Literature, Amerikanische Literatur / 20. Jhd. u. zeitgenössische Werke, 20th Century & Contemporary American Literature, African/African-American Studies, Afrika-/Afroamerika-Forschung