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No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher.  \nPrinted and bound in the United States of America.  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Harlem Renaissance / edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(Bloom’s Period Studies) Includes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 0-7910-7679-2 (hardcover)—ISBN 0-7910-7986-4 (pbk.)  \n1. American literature—African American authors—History and criticism. 2. American literature—20th century—History and criticism. 3. Harlem (New York, N.Y.)—Intellectual life—20th century. 4. African Americans—Intellectual life—20th century. 5. African Americans in literature. 6. Harlem Renaissance. I. Bloom, Harold. II. Series.  \nPS153.N5H225 2003  \n810.9’896073—dc22  \n2003016873  \nChelsea House Publishers 1974 Sproul Road, Suite 400  \nBroomall, PA 19008-0914 [http://www.chelseahouse.com](http://www.chelseahouse.com)  \nContributing Editor: Aimee LaBrie Cover designed by Keith Trego Layout by EJB Publishing Services  \nContents  \nEditor’s Note Introduction  \nHarold Bloom  \nHarlem Renaissance Re-examined Warrington Hudlin  \nShape and Shapers ofthe Movement Margaret Perry  \nBlack-White Symbiosis: Another Look  \nat the Literary History of the 1920s Amritjit Singh  \nLangston Hughes: Evolution of the Poetic Persona Raymond Smith  \n“Refined Racism”: White Patronage in the Harlem Renaissance  \nBruce Kellner  \nColor, Sex, and Poetry in the Harlem Renaissance Akasha Gloria Hull  \nBlack Autobiography and the Comic Vision Richard K. Barksdale  \nHarlem and the First Black Renaissance Eva Lennox Birch  \nReading the Harlem Renaissance  \nDavid Levering Lewis Black Manhattan  \nJames Weldon Johnson The New Negro  \nAlain Locke  \nvii  \n1  \n5  \n13  \n23  \n35  \n53  \n67  \n99  \n113  \n123  \n149  \n161  \nvi Contents  \nThe Negro Renaissance and Its Significance 167  \nCharles S. Johnson  \nThe Pulse of the Negro World 179  \nAmy Helene Kirschke  \nThe Negro Author and His Publisher 195  \nSterling A. Brown  \nAspects of Identity in Nella Larsen’s Novels 207  \nCheryl A. Wall  \nSurvival and Song: Women Poets 223  \nof the Harlem Renaissance Maureen Honey  \nIconography of the Harlem Renaissance 243  \nPatti Capel Swartz  \nToomer’s Cane and the Harlem Renaissance 255  \nGeneviève Fabre  \nThe Syncopated African 275  \nMichel Feith  \nChronology 295  \nContributors 301  \nBibliography 305  \nAcknowledgments 315  \nIndex 319  \nEditor’s Note  \nMy Introduction first ponders Zora Neale Hurston’s short story “Sweat,” a fierce celebration of life feeding upon death. 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Barskdale, while Eva Lennox Birch reflects upon Harlem as literary context.  \nDavid Levering Lewis attempts a general introduction to reading the movement, after which James Weldon Johnson, poet of the eloquent God’s Trombones, perceives complex elements in the Harlem context.  \nAlai","cbCaiboDLmgNoz4i","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiboDLmgNoz4i","pdf",1293494,345,"English","# Contents\n## Editor’s Note\n## Introduction\n# Introduction\n## The Harlem Renaissance Re-examined\n## Shape and Shapers of the Movement\n## Black-White Symbiosis: Another Look at the Literary History of the 1920s\n## Langston Hughes: Evolution of the Poetic Persona\n## \"Refined Racism\": White Patronage in the Harlem Renaissance\n## Color, Sex, and Poetry in the Harlem Renaissance\n## Black Autobiography and the Comic Vision\n## Harlem and the First Black Renaissance\n## Reading the Harlem Renaissance\n## Iconography of the Harlem Renaissance\n## Toomer’s Cane and the Harlem Renaissance\n## The Syncopated African\n## Chronology\n## Contributors\n## Bibliography\n## Acknowledgments\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the editor’s note and introduction in this volume?\",\"answer\":\"The editor’s note and introduction set up how to read the Harlem Renaissance by highlighting key themes and pointing to major contributors and their approaches to the movement’s literature.\"},{\"question\":\"Which kinds of topics does the book’s table of contents cover?\",\"answer\":\"It covers literary history and criticism themes including patronage, racial dynamics, poetry and poetic persona, gender and identity in fiction, autobiography, and the cultural role of Harlem, along with chronology and reference sections.\"},{\"question\":\"Does the volume include reading guidance beyond the main essays?\",\"answer\":\"Yes. 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