The Harlem Renaissance and the Idea of a New Negro Reader / Shawn Anthony Christian.

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"Many scholars have written about the white readers and patrons of the Harlem Renaissance, but during the period many black writers, publishers, and editors worked to foster a cadre of African American readers, or in the poet Sterling Brown's words, a "reading folk." Black newspapers featured column...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Studies in print culture and the history of the book.
Main Author: Christian, Shawn Anthony (Author)
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2016.
Series:Studies in print culture and the history of the book.
Subjects:
African Americans > Books and reading > History > 20th century.
American literature > African American authors > History and criticism.
Harlem Renaissance.
African Americans in literature.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Intellectual life.
African Americans > Books and reading.
American literature > African American authors.
Intellectual life.
New York (State) > New York > Harlem.
1900-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Physical Description:xi, 140 pages .
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction. The New Negro is reading
  • Creating critical frameworks: three models for the New Negro Reader
  • In search of Black writers (and readers): Crisis's and Opportunity's literary contests
  • Beyond the New Negro: artistry, audience, and the Harlem Renaissance literary anthology
  • Pedagogy for critical readership: James Weldon Johnson's English 123
  • Epilogue. On African American writers and readers.