The Harlem Renaissance : a historical exploration of literature / Lynn Domina.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Domina, Lynn.

Series:

Historical explorations of literature.

Historical explorations of literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans in literature.

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

American literature.

Harlem Renaissance.

Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Intellectual life--20th century.

Harlem (New York, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 243 pages) : illustrations, portraits.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2024.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A perfect guide for use in high school classes, this book explores the fascinating literature of the Harlem Renaissance, reviewing classic works in the context of the history, society, and culture of its time"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; I Introduction and Background to the Harlem Renaissance; II Chronology; III The Poetry of Claude McKay and Langston Hughes; Historical Background; About Claude McKay; About Langston Hughes; Historical Exploration: Race Riots of 1919; Newspaper Reports of Riots; From ""A Crowd of Howling Negroes,"" 1919; From ""Street Battles at Night,"" 1919; From ""Ghastly Deeds of Race Rioters Told,"" 1919; Responses to the Riots; From Walter White, ""N.A.A.C.P.-Chicago and Its Eight Reasons,"" 1919; From "The Chicago Commission on Race Relations," 1922

Discussion QuestionsSuggested Readings; Historical Exploration: Re-invigoration of the Ku Klux Klan; Legal Responses to the Ku Klux Klan; Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 1868; From the Ku Klux Klan Act, 1871; William Garrott Brown's Interpretation of the History of the Ku Klux Klan; From William Garrott Brown, ""The Ku Klux Movement,"" 1901; Newspaper Reports on the Ku Klux Klan; ""Atlanta's Ku-Klux Klan,"" 1906; ""Ku Klux Klan Celebrates,"" 1921; ""Ku Klux Denounced from Many Pulpits,"" 1922; ""Ku Klux Klansmen March into Church,"" 1922; Discussion Questions

Suggested ReadingsHistorical Exploration: The Russian Revolution and Attraction of the Communist Party among American Writers; Communist Party Writing; From Communist Party of America, Pamphlet No. 1, 1919; From Manifesto of the Communist Party of America, 1922; Newspaper Report on Communism and Race; ""Negro's Rights Here Derided in Moscow,"" 1922; Discussion Questions; Suggested Readings; Why We Read the Poetry of Claude McKay and Langston Hughes Today; IV Cane; Historical Background; About Jean Toomer; Historical Exploration: Lynching; Ida B. Wells

From Ida B. Wells, ""Lynch Law in America,"" 1900Magazine Reports of Lynching; ""Colored Men Protest,"" 1892; ""Southern Protests against Lynching,"" 1898; Newspaper Reports on Lynching; ""Lynching in Georgia,"" 1897; ""Woman Advocates Lynching,"" 1898; Arthur A. Schomburg, ""Lynching a Savage Relic,"" 1903; The Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill; Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, 1922; Discussion Questions; Suggested Readings; Historical Exploration: Prohibition; Temperance Songs; Mary Lantz, ""The Drunkard and His Family,"" 1854; Stephen G. Foster, ""Comrades, Fill No Glass for Me,"" 1855

J. M. Kieffer, ""The Temperance Army,"" 1874Legal Documents Addressing Prohibition; Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, 1919; From the Volstead Act, 1920; The Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 1933; Newspaper Articles Reporting on Prohibition; From ""Whole Country Goes Dry,"" 1919; From ""Nation-Wide Prohibition Ends Fight of 112 Years,"" 1920; Discussion Questions; Suggested Readings; Why We Read Cane Today; V Passing and Quicksand; Historical Background; About Nella Larsen; Historical Exploration: Racial Definitions and Passing; Definitions of Race

From Reports of the Immigration Commission, 1911

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400661822

9798216094524

9781610696500

1610696506

OCLC:

897905640