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Author Mitchell, Verner D., 1957-

Title Literary sisters [electronic resource] : Dorothy West and her circle : a biography of the Harlem Renaissance / Verner D. Mitchell and Cynthia Davis.

Imprint New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 200 p., [12] p. of plates : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue -- "Nothing so broadening as travel": Porgy, 1929 -- The Benson Family comes to Boston -- Pauline Hopkins and African American literature in New England -- Boston girlhoods, 1910-1925 -- The youngest members of the Harlem Renaissance, 1926-1931 -- Russian interlude, literary salons, and challenge -- Epilogue.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject West, Dorothy, 1907-1998 -- Criticism and interpretation.
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
African American women -- Intellectual life.
African American women in literature.
African American arts -- New York (State) -- New York.
Harlem Renaissance.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Davis, Cynthia, 1946-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780813551456 (hardcover alk. paper)
0813551455 (hardcover alk. paper)
9780813551463 (pbk. alk. paper)
0813551463 (pbk. alk. paper)

 
    
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