The Cambridge Companion to the Harlem Renaissance

doi:10.1017/CCOL052185699X

The Harlem Renaissance (1918–1937) was the most influential single movement in African American literary history. Its key figures include W. E. B. Du Bois, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Langston Hughes. The movement laid the groundwork for all later African American literature, and had an enormous impact on later black literature world-wide. With chapters by a wide range of well-known scholars, this 2007 Companion is an authoritative and engaging guide to the movement. It first discusses the historical contexts of the Harlem Renaissance, both national and international; then presents original discussions of a wide array of authors and texts; and finally treats the reputation of the movement in later years. Giving full play to the disagreements and differences that energized the renaissance, this Companion presents a set of new readings encouraging further exploration of this dynamic field.

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Frontmatter
pp i-xx
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Introduction
pp 1-10
- By George Hutchinson
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Part I: - Foundations of The Harlem Renaissance
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1 - The New Negro as citizen
pp 13-27
- By Jeffrey C. Stewart
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2 - The Renaissance and the Vogue
pp 28-40
- By Emily Bernard
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3 - International contexts of the Negro Renaissance
pp 41-54
- By Michael A. Chaney
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Part II: - Major Authors and Texts
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4 - Negro drama and the Harlem Renaissance
pp 57-70
- By David Krasner
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5 - Jean Toomer and the avant-garde
pp 71-81
- By Mark Whalan
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6 - “To tell the truth about us”: the fictions and non-fictions of Jessie Fauset and Walter White
pp 82-95
- By Cheryl A. Wall
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7 - African American folk roots and Harlem Renaissance poetry
pp 96-111
- By Mark A. Sanders
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8 - Lyric stars: Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes
pp 112-125
- By James Smethurst
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9 - “Perhaps Buddha is a woman”: women’s poetry in the Harlem Renaissance
pp 126-140
- By Margo Natalie Crawford
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10 - Transgressive sexuality and the literature of the Harlem Renaissance
pp 141-154
- By A.B. Christa Schwarz
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11 - Sexual desire, modernity, and modernism in the fiction of Nella Larsen and Rudolph Fisher
pp 155-169
- By Charles Scruggs
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12 - Banjo meets the Dark Princess: Claude McKay, W. E. B. Du Bois, and the transnational novel of the Harlem Renaissance
pp 170-183
- By William J. Maxwell
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13 - The Caribbean voices of Claude McKay and Eric Walrond
pp 184-197
- By Carl Pedersen
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14 - George Schuyler and Wallace Thurman: two satirists of the Harlem Renaissance
pp 198-212
- By J. Martin Favor
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15 - Zora Neale Hurston, folk performance, and the “Margarine Negro”
pp 213-236
- By Carla Kaplan
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Part III: - The Post-Renaissance
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16 - “The Aftermath”: the reputation of the Harlem Renaissance twenty years later
pp 239-253
- By Lawrence Jackson
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Further Reading
pp 254-264
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Index
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-xx

Introduction
pp 1-10

Part I: - Foundations of The Harlem Renaissance

1 - The New Negro as citizen
pp 13-27

2 - The Renaissance and the Vogue
pp 28-40

3 - International contexts of the Negro Renaissance
pp 41-54

Part II: - Major Authors and Texts

4 - Negro drama and the Harlem Renaissance
pp 57-70

5 - Jean Toomer and the avant-garde
pp 71-81

6 - “To tell the truth about us”: the fictions and non-fictions of Jessie Fauset and Walter White
pp 82-95

7 - African American folk roots and Harlem Renaissance poetry
pp 96-111

8 - Lyric stars: Countee Cullen and Langston Hughes
pp 112-125

9 - “Perhaps Buddha is a woman”: women’s poetry in the Harlem Renaissance
pp 126-140

10 - Transgressive sexuality and the literature of the Harlem Renaissance
pp 141-154

11 - Sexual desire, modernity, and modernism in the fiction of Nella Larsen and Rudolph Fisher
pp 155-169

12 - Banjo meets the Dark Princess: Claude McKay, W. E. B. Du Bois, and the transnational novel of the Harlem Renaissance
pp 170-183

13 - The Caribbean voices of Claude McKay and Eric Walrond
pp 184-197

14 - George Schuyler and Wallace Thurman: two satirists of the Harlem Renaissance
pp 198-212

15 - Zora Neale Hurston, folk performance, and the “Margarine Negro”
pp 213-236

Part III: - The Post-Renaissance

16 - “The Aftermath”: the reputation of the Harlem Renaissance twenty years later
pp 239-253

Further Reading
pp 254-264

Index
pp 265-272

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