Voices from the Harlem Renaissance - Softcover

Huggins, Nathan Irvin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195093607 ISBN 13: 9780195093605

Publisher: OUP Australia and New Zealand, 1995

Synopsis

An extraordinary look at the Harlem Renaissance's remarkable outpouring of literature and art

About this title

About the Author

The late Nathan Irvin Huggins was W.E.B. Du Bois Professor of History and Director of the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute at Harvard University. His books include The Harlem Renaissance.

From the Back Cover

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s symbolized black liberation and sophistication - the final shaking off of slavery from the minds, spirits, and characters of African Americans. It was a period when the African American came of age - when the "New Negro" was born - with the clearest expression of this transformation visible in its remarkable outpouring of literature, art, and music. In Voices from the Harlem Renaissance, Nathan Irvin Huggins provides more than 120 selections from the political writings, literature, and art of this watershed period. Bringing together the most trenchant works from such writers as Langston Hughes, Nancy Cunard, Alain Locke, and Zora Neale Hurston, this fascinating collection depicts the impact of Harlem and New York City on those who lived there. While focusing on the youthfulness and exuberance of the period, Huggins attends to the voices of alienation, anger, and rage - whether softly intoned or stridently voiced - so widely reflected in the writing of poets such as George S. Schuyler and Gwendolyn Bennett. Also included are over twenty paintings and sculptures of the Renaissance period by such artists as Aaron Douglas, Sargent Johnson, and Hale Woodruff. The vitality of the Harlem Renaissance served as a generative force for all New York - and the nation. Offering all those interested in the evolution of African-American consciousness and art a link to this glorious time, Voices of the Harlem Renaissance illuminates the African-American struggle for self-realization.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Australia and New Zealand
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195093607
• ISBN 13: 9780195093605
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Huggins Nathan Irvin