Description
Edited by the first African American Rhodes Scholar, this landmark anthology of fiction, poetry, essays, drama, music, and illustration is widely regarded as the key text of the Harlem Renaissance. Exploring social, political, and artistic change, the works include Locke's titular tract, as well as contributions by Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, James Weldon Johnson, and other luminaries.
Author: Alain Locke
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 01/13/2021
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.00h x 4.90w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780486845616
ISBN10: 0486845613
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | American | African American & Black
- Literary Criticism | American | African American & Black
- Biography & Autobiography | General
Author: Alain Locke
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 01/13/2021
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.00h x 4.90w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780486845616
ISBN10: 0486845613
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | American | African American & Black
- Literary Criticism | American | African American & Black
- Biography & Autobiography | General
About the Author
Alain Leroy Locke (1885-1954) was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. Distinguished as the first African American Rhodes Scholar in 1907, Locke was the philosophical architect -- the acknowledged "Dean" -- of the Harlem Renaissance.
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