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.

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

Chicago (Ill.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (535 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

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 1930's through the 1960's, 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:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction Steven C. Tracy

Robert S. Abbott Charlene Regester

William A. Attaway Richard Yarborough

Claude A. Barnett Bill V. Mullen

Henry Lowington Blakely II Lovalerie King

Alden Bland Joyce Hope Scott

Edward Bland Lawrence Jackson

Marita Bonner (Occomy) Kimberly N. Ruffin

Gwendolyn Brooks Stephen Caldwell Wright

Frank London Brown Michael D. Hill

Alice C. Browning Bill V. Mullen

Dan Burley Kimberly Stanley

Margaret Esse Danner Keith D. Leonard

Frank Marshall Davis Kathryn Waddell Takara

Richard Durham Patrick Naick

Lorraine Hansberry Lisbeth Lipari

Fenton Johnson James C. Hall

John H. Johnson Jamal Eric Watson

"Mattie" Marian Minus Donyel Hobbs Williams

Willard Motley Alan M. Wald

Gordon Parks Elizabeth Schultz

John Sengstacke Jamal Eric Watson

Margaret Walker Maryemma Graham

Theodore Ward Alan M. Wald

Richard Wright Robert Butler

Frank Garvin Yerby James L. Hill

Black Writers and the Federal Theatre Project Angelene Jamison-Hall

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

The Black Press and the Black Chicago Renaissance Zoe Trodd

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

John Reed Clubs/League of American Writers James Smethurst

Materials for Further Study Steven C. Tracy

Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-58286-4

9786613895318

0-252-09342-9

OCLC:

783468908