The Harlem Renaissance: Authors I-Z
- ISBN-10
- 0787666211
- ISBN-13
- 9780787666217
- Series
- The Harlem Renaissance
- Pages
- 667
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Gale
- Author
- Janet Witalec
Description
This 3-volume set includes entries on the major topics, authors and works of the period complete with reprinted full text literary criticism. Volume 1 features an introduction to the Harlem Renaissance, written by a noted scholar in the field, a descriptive chronology of events and entries on five major topics related to the movement. Volumes 2 and 3 include approximately 35 entries on the major literary figures and their works from the period. These entries include a biographical/critical introduction, a complete bibliography of the author's works and full text reprinted criticism about the author or individual works. Authors covered in Harlem Renaissance include: Gwendolyn B. Bennett, Marita Bonner, Arna Bontemps, William Stanley Braithwaite, Countee Cullen, W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen, Anne Spencer, Dorothy West. Entries also provide an annotated bibliography of further reading sources. The set also includes author, title and subject/theme indexes; a diverse selection of photographs; primary source documents from the period; and sidebars that offer social and historical context to complement author and topic entries.
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