Literary sisters : Dorothy West and her circle, a biography of the Harlem Renaissance / Verner D. Mitchell and Cynthia Davis.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mitchell, Verner D., 1957-
Other Authors: Davis, Cynthia, 1946-
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
American literature > Women authors > History and criticism.
West, Dorothy, > 1907-1998 > Criticism and interpretation.
African American women > Intellectual life.
African American women in literature.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Intellectual life > 20th century.
African American arts > New York (State) > New York.
Harlem Renaissance.
Physical Description:xi, 200 pages
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prologue
  • "Nothing so broadening as travel": Porgy, 1929
  • The Benson Family comes to Boston
  • Pauline Hopkins and African American literature in New England
  • Boston girlhoods, 1910-1925
  • The youngest members of the Harlem Renaissance, 1926-1931
  • Russian interlude, literary salons, and challenge
  • Epilogue.