Title: Vicious modernism : Black Harlem and the literary imagination /
Authors: De Jongh, James.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 1990
Subjects: American literature Afro-American authors History and criticism.; American literature New York (State) New York History and criticism; American literature History and criticism; African Americans New York (State) New York Intellectual life.; Harlem (New York, N.Y.) in literature.; Modernism (Literature) United States; African Americans in literature; Harlem Renaissance; American literature African American authors History and criticism; New York (N.Y.) In literature.; Harlem (New York, N.Y.) In literature.
Abstract: "In Vicious Modernism: Black Harlem and the Literary Imagination, James de Jongh interprets Harlem's ubiquitous presence in the creative literature and cultural history of the twentieth century."--Back cover.
Contents: Part I: The legendary capital: the 1920s and 1930s -- The legendary capital -- City of refuge -- Crossing the color line -- Me revioci, Harlem -- Part II: The emerging ghetto: the 1940's and 1950's -- The emerging ghetto -- Go tell it on the mountain -- Montage of a dream deferred -- Negro do todo o mundo -- Part III: The inner city: the 1960's and 1970's -- The inner city -- Jitterbugging in the streets -- Echoes in a burnt building -- Mumbo jumbo.