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Author:

Mitchell, Verner D., 1957-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Rutgers University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xi, 200 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
West, Dorothy,--1907-1998--Criticism and interpretation.
African American women--Intellectual life.
African American women in literature.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Intellectual life--20th century.
African American arts--New York.--New York.
Harlem Renaissance.

Other Authors:

Davis, Cynthia, 1946-

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

0813551463 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813551463 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0813551455 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780813551456 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)697612837

LCCN:

2011001039

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)