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The Sleeper Wakes : Harlem Renaissance Stories by Women / / Marcy Knopf-Newman.

De Gruyter Rutgers University Press eBook Archive Pre-2000 Available online

De Gruyter Rutgers University Press eBook Archive Pre-2000
Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Knopf-Newman, Marcy, Author.
Contributor:
Amos Pendleton, Leila, Contributor.
Bennett, Gwendolyn, Contributor.
Bonner, Marita, Contributor.
Douglas Johnson, Georgia, Contributor.
Dunbar-Nelson, Alice, Contributor.
Graham, Ottie Beatrice, Contributor.
Larsen, Nella, Contributor.
McKay, Nellie Y., Contributor.
Neale Hurston, Zora, Contributor.
Owens, Maude Irwin, Contributor.
Redmon Fauset, Jessie, Contributor.
Scott Coleman, Anita, Contributor.
Thompson, Eloise Bibb, Contributor.
Weld Grimké, Angelina, Contributor.
West, Dorothy, Contributor.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
1 online resource (320 p.)
Place of Publication:
New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, [1993]
Language Note:
In English.
Summary:
In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in the art and culture of the Harlem Renaissance. Yet this significant collection is the first definitive edition of Harlem Renaissance stories by women. The writers include Gwendolyn Bennett, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Angelina Weld Grimké, Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and Dorothy West. Published originally in periodicals such as The Crisis, Fire!!, and Opportunity, these twenty-seven stories have until now been virtually unavailable to readers. These stories are as compelling today as they were in the 1920s and 1930s. In them, we find the themes of black and white racial tension and misunderstanding, economic deprivation, passing, love across and within racial lines, and the attempt to maintain community and uplift the race. Marcy Knopf's introduction surveys the history of the Harlem Renaissance, the periodicals and books it generated, and describes the rise to prominence of these women writers and their later fall from fame. She also includes a brief biography of each of the writers. Nellie Y. McKay's foreword analyzes the themes and concerns of the stories.
Contents:
Frontmatter
CONTENTS
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Notes
The Sleeper Wakes
Double Trouble
Mary Elizabeth
Wedding Day
Free
Funeral
The Typewriter
Prologue to a Life
One Boy's Story
Drab Rambles
Nothing New
The Closing Door
Bathesda of Sinners Run
The Foolish and the Wise: Sallie Runner Is Introduced to Socrates
The Foolish and the Wise: Sanctum 777 N.S.D.C.O.U. Meets Cleopatra
Cross Crossings Cautiously
Three Dogs and a Rabbit
Blue Aloes
To a Wild Rose
His Great Career
Summer Session
Masks
Mademoiselle 'Tasie
John Redding Goes to Sea
The Bone of Contention
Sanctuary
The Wrong Man
Freedom
Biographical Notes
Bibliography
Notes:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023)
ISBN:
0-8135-5984-7

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