Writers of the Black Chicago renaissance / edited by Steven C. Tracy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tracy, Steven C. (Steven Carl), 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Illinois--Chicago--History and criticism.

American literature.

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.

American literature--African American authors.

Chicago (Ill.)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Chicago (Ill.).

Illinois--Chicago.

Physical Description:

viii, 523 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2011]

Summary:

"This volume explores the contours and content of the Black Chicago Renaissance. A movement crafted in the crucible of rigid racial segregation in Chicago's "Black Belt" from the 1930s through the 1960s, its participants were also heavily influenced by--and influenced --the Harlem Renaissance and the Chicago Renaissance of white writers. Despite harsh segregation, black and white thinkers influenced one another particularly through their engagements with leftist organizations. In many ways, politically, racially, spatially, this was a movement invested in cross-pollination, change, and political activism, as much as literature, art, and aesthetics as it prepared the way for the literature of the Black Arts Movement and beyond. The volume begins with a look at Richard Wright, indisputably a central figure in the Black Chicago Renaissance with the publication of "Blueprint for Negro Writing." Wright sought to distance himself from what he considered to be the failures of the Harlem Renaissance, even as he built upon its aesthetic and cultural legacy. Subsequent chapters discuss Robert Abbott, William Attaway, Claude Barnett, Henry Blakely, Aldon Bland, Edward Bland, Arna Bontemps, Gwendolyn Brooks, Frank London Brown, Alice Browning, Dan Burley, Margaret Danner, Frank Marshall Davis, Katherine Dunham, Richard Durham, Lorraine Hansberry, Fenton Johnson, John Johnson, Marian Minus, Williard Motley, Marita Bonner, Gordon Parks, John Sengstacke, Margaret Walker, Theodore Ward, Frank Yerby, Black newspapers, the Chicago School of Sociologists, the Federal Theater Project, Black Music, and John Reed Clubs"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Robert S. Abbott / Charlene Regester Regester, Charlene 15

William A. Attaway / Richard Yarborough Yarborough, Richard 30

Claude A. Barnett / Bill V. Mullen Mullen, Bill V. 53

Henry Lowington Blakely II / Lovalerie King King, Lovalerie 60

Alden Bland / Joyce Hope Scott Scott, Joyce Hope 69

Edward Bland / Lawrence Jackson Jackson, Lawrence 76

Marita Bonner (Occomy) / Kimberly N. Ruffin Ruffin, Kimberly N. 83

Gwendolyn Brooks / Stephen Caldwell Wright Wright, Stephen Caldwell 96

Frank London Brown / Michael D. Hill Hill, Michael D. 121

Alice C Browning / Bill V.Mullen V.Mullen, Bill 134

DanBurley Stanley, Kimberly 141

Margaret Esse Danner / Keith D. Leonard Leonard, Keith D. 150

Frank Marshall Davis / Kathryn Waddell Takara Takara, Kathryn Waddell 161

Richard Durham / Patrick Naick Naick, Patrick 185

Lorraine Hansberry / Lisbeth Lipari Lipari, Lisbeth 193

Fenton Johnson / James C. Hall Hall, James C. 218

John H. Johnson / Jamal Eric Watson Watson, Jamal Eric 233

"Mattie" Marian Minus / Donyel Hobbs Williams Williams, Donyel Hobbs 242

Willard Motley / Alan M. Wald Wald, Alan M. 250

Gordon Parks / Elizabeth Schultz Schultz, Elizabeth 274

John Sengstacke / Jamal Eric Watson Watson, Jamal Eric 290

Margaret Walker / Maryemma Graham Graham, Maryemma 297

Theodore Ward / Alan M. Wald Wald, Alan M. 320

Richard Wright / Robert Butler Butler, Robert 341

Frank Garvin Yerby / James L. Hill Hill, James L. 386

Black Writers and the Federal Theatre Project / Angelene Jamison-Hall Jamison-Hall, Angelene 413

African American Music in Chicago during the Chicago Renaissance / Robert H. Cataliotti Cataliotti, Robert H. 424

The Black Press and the Black Chicago Renaissance / Zoe Trodd Trodd, Zoe 448

The Chicago School of Sociology and the Black Chicago Renaissance / William R. Nash Nash, William R. 465

John Reed Clubs/League of American Writers Writers, John Reed Clubs/League of American / James Smethurst Smethurst, James 487

Materials for Further Study / Steven C. Tracy Tracy, Steven C. 501.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780252036392

0252036395

OCLC:

719427883