Harlem Renaissance Novels: the Library of America Collection: (Two-volume boxed set)

by Rafia Zafar (Editor)

Hardcover, 2011

Status

Available

Publication

Library of America (2011), Edition: 1st, 1725 pages

Description

Together, the nine works in Harlem Renaissance Novels form a vibrant collective portrait of African American culture in a moment of tumultuous change and tremendous hope.    * Cane, Jean Toomer    * Home to Harlem, Claude McKay    * Quicksand, Nella Larsen    * Plum Bun, Jessie Redmon Fauset    * The Blacker the Berry, Wallace Thurman    * Not Without Laughter, Langston Hughes    * Black No More, George Schuyler    * The Conjure-Man Dies, Rudolph Fisher    * Black Thunder, Arna Bontemps LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.… (more)

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Home to Harlem is an evocative portrait of post-WW I Harlem, with an interlude on the Pennsylvania R R where Jake, the main character works for a time as a cook. A rich evocation of contemporary Black life in the North East, mostly free of plot but occasionally illuminated by philosophic musings on
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the part of Jake and his more educated and thoughtful Haitian friend Ray.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

1725 p.; 8.5 inches

ISBN

1598531069 / 9781598531060
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