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005			20190729104516.0
008			110206s2011 nyu b 000 0 eng d
010			_a2010942023
020			_a9781598530995
020			_a1598530992
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050		4	_aPS508.N3 _bH367 2011
245	0	0	_aHarlem Renaissance : _bfive novels of the 1920s / _cRafia Zafar, editor.
246	3	0	_aFive novels of the 1920s.
260			_aNew York, NY : _bLibrary of America, _cc2011.
300			_a867 p. ; _c21 cm.
490	1		_aThe Library of America ; _v217.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0		_tCane / _rJean Toomer -- _tHome to Harlem / _rClaude McKay -- _tQuicksand / _rNella Larsen -- _tPlum bun / _rJessie Redmon Fauset -- _tThe blacker the berry / _rWallace Thurman.
520			_aFive Novels of the 1920s leads off with Jean Toomer's Cane (1923), a unique fusion of fiction, poetry, and drama rooted in Toomer's experiences as a teacher in Georgia. Recognized on publication as a groundbreaking work of literary modernism, Toomer's masterpiece was followed within a few years by a cluster of novels exploring black experience and the dilemmas of black identity in a variety of modes and from different angles. Claude McKay's Home to Harlem (1928), whose free-wheeling, impressionistic, bawdy kaleidoscope of Jazz Age nightlife made it a best seller, traces the picaresque adventures of Jake, a World War I veteran, within and beyond Harlem. Nell Larsen's Quicksand (1928), the poignant, nuanced psychological portrait of a woman caught between the two worlds of her mixed Scandinavian and African American heritage; Jessie Redmon Fauset's Plum Bun (1928), the richly detailed account of a young art student's struggles to advance her career in a society full of obstacles both overt and insidiously concealed; and Wallace Thurman's The Blacker the Berry (1929), with its anguished, provocative look at prejudice and exclusion as it tells of a new arrival in Harlem searching for love, each in its distinct way testifies to the enduring power of the Harlem ferment. Often controversial in their own day for opening up new realms of subject matter (including intergenerational conflict and color prejudice within the African American community) and language (infusing a wealth of argot and previously unheard voices into American fiction), these novels continue to surprise by their passion, their unblinking observation, their lively play of ideas, and their irreverent humor.
650		0	_aAmerican fiction _xAfrican American authors.
650		0	_aAmerican fiction _zNew York (State) _zNew York.
650		0	_aAmerican fiction _y20th century.
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _vFiction.
650		0	_aHarlem Renaissance.
700	1		_aZafar, Rafia.
700	1		_aToomer, Jean, _d1894-1967. _tCane.
700	1		_aMcKay, Claude, _d1890-1948. _tHome to Harlem.
700	1		_aLarsen, Nella. _tQuicksand.
700	1		_aFauset, Jessie Redmon. _tPlum bun.
700	1		_aThurman, Wallace, _d1902-1934. _tBlacker the berry.
830		0	_aLibrary of America ; _v217.
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