Literary sisters Dorothy West and her circle : a biography of the Harlem Renaissance
by
 
Mitchell, Verner D., 1957-

Title
Literary sisters Dorothy West and her circle : a biography of the Harlem Renaissance

Author
Mitchell, Verner D., 1957-

Personal Author
Mitchell, Verner D., 1957-

Publication Information
New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012.

Physical Description
xi, 200 p., [12] p. of plates : ill.

Contents
Prologue -- "Nothing so broadening as travel": Porgy, 1929 -- The Benson Family comes to Boston -- Pauline Hopkins and African American literature in New England -- Boston girlhoods, 1910-1925 -- The youngest members of the Harlem Renaissance, 1926-1931 -- Russian interlude, literary salons, and challenge -- Epilogue.

Personal Subject
West, Dorothy, 1907-1998-Criticism and interpretation.

Subject Term
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
 
American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
 
African American women -- Intellectual life.
 
African American women in literature.
 
African American arts -- New York (State) -- New York.
 
Harlem Renaissance.

Geographic Term
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.

Genre
Electronic books.

Added Author
Davis, Cynthia, 1946-

Added Corporate Author
ProQuest (Firm)

Electronic Access
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