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Harlem Renaissance
A finalist for the 1972 National Book Award, hailed by The New York Times Book Review as "brilliant" and "provocative," Nathan Huggins' Harlem Renaissance was a milestone in the study of African-American life and culture. Now this classic history is being reissued, with a new foreword by acclaimed biographer Arnold Rampersad.
As Rampersad notes, "Harlem Renaissance remains...more
As Rampersad notes, "Harlem Renaissance remains...more
Paperback, 343 pages
Published
May 1st 2007
by Oxford University Press, USA
(first published March 22nd 2007)
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Perhaps the best of the books that condemn the Harlem Renaissance as a failure. Ironically, this book's extremely negative view of Claude McKay's novels (especially Banjo) inspired me to devote my entire senior year to researching McKay's life and works. One of the most perceptive critics of the Harlem Renaissance, Huggins' aesthetic standards unfortunately cause him to see the most innovative and interesting aspects of black modernist art as decadent flaws.
Read him for his amazing critical ins...more
Read him for his amazing critical ins...more
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The book feels intent on being negative in order to give it a "niche" perspective. Unfortunately the intent and writing overwhelm the actual subject. Typical Ph.d syndrome writing.
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