The African American roots of modernism : from Reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance
by
 
Smethurst, James Edward.

Title
The African American roots of modernism : from Reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance

Author
Smethurst, James Edward.

ISBN
9780807878088
 
9781469603100

Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 252 pages).

Series
The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture
 
John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.

Abstract
In identifying the Jim Crow period with the coming of modernity, Smethurst upsets the customary assessment of the Harlem Renaissance as the first nationally significant black arts movement, showing how artists reacted to Jim Crow with migration narratives, poetry about the black experience, and more.

Subject Term
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
 
Segregation in literature.
 
African Americans -- Segregation.
 
African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
 
African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
 
Modernism (Literature) -- United States.

Electronic Access
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5149/9780807878088_smethurst


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