ABSTRACT

This volume tracks the many surveys of black literature created during the Harlem Renaissance. Noted works by such authors as Sterling Brown, Benjamin Brawley, and Langston Hughes are covered. Retrospectives also appeared in the journal Phylon , and many of those also appear in this collection.

chapter 8|45 pages

Protest and Vindication

chapter 9|40 pages

The New Realists

chapter 9|20 pages

The Urban Scene

chapter |10 pages

Criticism at Mid-Century

chapter |6 pages

Negro Poets, Then and Now

part |291 pages

Phylon

chapter |10 pages

New Poets

chapter 1|26 pages

The Awakening: A Memoir