Double-Take: A Revisionist Harlem Renaissance Anthology - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813529301 ISBN 13: 9780813529301

Verlag: RUTGERS UNIV PR, 2001

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Reseña del editor:

In this important new anthology. Venetria K. Patton and Maureen Honey bring together a comprehensive scicction of texts from the Harlem Renalssance a key period in the literary and cultural history of the cultural life of the United States. The collection revolutionizes our way of viewing this era, as it redresses the ongoing emphasis on the male writers of this time. Double.Take offers a unique, balanced collection of writers - men and women, gay and straight, familiar and obscure. The editors have also included works from a wide variety of genres poetry, short stories, drama, essays, music, and art - allowing readers to understand the true interdisciplinary quality of this cultural movement. Biographical sketches of the authors are provided and most of the places are included in their entirely. Double.Take also includes artwork and illustrations, many of which are from periodicals and have never before been reprinted. Significantly, Double-Take is the first book to include music lyrics to illustrate the interrelation of various art forms. Arranged by author, rather than by genre, this anthology includes works from major Harlem Renaissance figures as well as often-overlooked essayists, poets, dramatists, and artists.

Biografía del autor:

Venetria Patton is the coordinator of African American and African studies and an associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska. Lincoln, She is the author of Women in Chains: The Legacy of Slavery in Black Women's Fiction. Maureen Honey is a professor of English and women's studies, also at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She is the editor of Shadowed Dreams: Women's Poetry of the Harlem Renalssance (Rutgers University Press) and several other books on women in American literature and culture

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• Verlag: RUTGERS UNIV PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0813529301
• ISBN 13: 9780813529301
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 670
• Herausgeber: Patton Venetria K., Honey Maureen