The Harlem Renaissance
By: [compiled by Karen Kuehner].
Contributors: Kuehner, Karen.
Series: Literary reader
Publisher: Nextext
Published: 2001
Place of publication: [Evanston, Ill.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: American literature -- African American authors.; American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; African Americans -- Literary collections.; American literature -- 20th century.; African Americans in literature.; Harlem Renaissance.; Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Genres: Literary collections.
Description: [This book] includes short stories, novel excerpts, poems, plays, essays, and other documents by both famous and lesser-known authors. -Back cover.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I Celebrating Harlem: The Renaissance / N. Giovanni; From Black Manhattan / J.W. Johnson; Conversation with James P. Johnson / T. Davin; Jazzonia / L. Hughes; Miss Cynthie / R. Fisher; title: Pt. II. Struggling with injustice: Returning soldiers / W.E.B. DuBois; If we must die / C. McKay; Strong men / S.A. Brown; Yet do I marvel / C. Cullen; A black man talks of reaping / A. Bontemps; Sanctuary / N. Larsen; title: Pt. III. Being an individual: Criteria of Negro art / W.E.B. DuBois; The Negro artist and the racial mountain / L. Hughes; I, too / L. Hughes; Drenched by light / Z.N. Hurston; Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem / H. Johnson; title: Pt. VI. Discovering heritage: The Negro digs up his past / A.A. Schomburg; The Negro speaks of rivers / L. Hughes; Heritage / G. Bennett; Heritage / C. Cullen; title: Pt. V. Remembering Harlem: My city / J.W. Johnson; Parties / L. Hughes; Conversation with Aaron Douglas / L. Collins; The Renaissance reexamined / W. Hudlin; From Jazz / T. Morrison.