Huggins, Nathan Irving

Harlem Renaissance

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ISBN 13:: 9780195063363
author:: Huggins, Nathan Irving
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2007
Pages:: 390
Dimensions:: 136mm X 205mm
Genre:: American history: from c 1900 -
Condition:: New
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A brilliant account of the creative explosion in Harlem during the 1920s, this book offers a unique perspective on African-American life and culture. By blending history, literature, music, psychology, and folklore, Nathan Huggins sheds light on key figures such as Alain Locke, James Weldon Johnson, and W.E.B. DuBois, and provides sharp analyses of the poetry of Claude McKay, Countee Cullen, and Langston Hughes. Through his work, Huggins aims to provide a broader understanding of America, using Harlem in the 1920s as a lens through which readers can see how this moment sheds light on the American character and culture. This superb reissue brings one of the great works in African-American history to a new generation of readers. With its insightful approach, this book is an indispensable guide to the facts and features of one of the most provocative episodes in African-American and American history.

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