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A Companion to the Harlem Renaissance
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A Companion to the Harlem Renaissance presents a comprehensive collection of original essays that address the literature and culture of the Harlem Renaissance from the end of World War I to the middle of the 1930s. Represents the most comprehensive coverage of themes and unique new...
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A Companion to the Harlem Renaissance presents a comprehensive collection of original essays that address the literature and culture of the Harlem Renaissance from the end of World War I to the middle of the 1930s.
Represents the most comprehensive coverage of themes and unique new perspectives on the Harlem Renaissance available.
Features original contributions from both emerging scholars of the Harlem Renaissance and established academic "stars" in the field.
Offers a variety of interdisciplinary features, such as the section on visual and expressive arts, that emphasize the collaborative nature of the era.
Includes "Spotlight Readings" featuring lesser known figures of the Harlem Renaissance and newly discovered or undervalued writings by canonical figures.
Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
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Book Details
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ISBN: 9781119054535
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 13 November 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Contributors:
- Edited by Cherene Sherrard-Johnson
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Width: 170.0mm
Height: 244.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 496
About the Author
Cherene Sherrard-Johnson is the Sally Mead Hands-Bascom Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author of Dorothy West’s Paradise: A Biography of Class and Color (2012), Portraits of the New Negro Woman: Visual and Literary Culture in the Harlem Renaissance (2007), and the annotated edition of Jessie Redmon Fauset’s Comedy: American Style (2011).
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