Double-take: A Revisionist Harlem Renaissance AnthologyVenetria K. Patton, Maureen Honey Rutgers University Press, 2001 - 619 pages In this important new anthology, Venetria K. Patton and Maureen Honey bring together a comprehensive selection of texts from the Harlem Renaissance-a key period in the literary and cultural history of the United States. The collection revolutionizes our way of viewing this era, since it redresses the ongoing emphasis on the male writers of this time. Double-Take offers a unique, balanced collection of writers-men and women, gay and straight, familiar and obscure. Arranged by author, rather than by genre, this anthology includes works from major Harlem Renaissance figures as well as often-overlooked essayists, poets, dramatists, and artists. The editors have included works from a wide variety of genres-poetry, short stories, drama, and essays-allowing readers to understand the true interdisciplinary quality of this cultural movement. Biographical sketches of the authors are provided and most of the pieces are included in their entirety. Double-Take also includes artwork and illustrations, many of which are from original journals and have never before been reprinted. Significantly, Double-Take is the first Harlem Renaissance title to include song lyrics to illustrate the interrelation of various art forms. |
Contents
List of Illustrations and Song Lyrics | xv |
Langston Hughes | xxi |
A Note on the Text | xli |
William Stanley Braithwaite | 10 |
Brenda Ray Moryck | 28 |
Amy Jacques Garvey | 45 |
Zora Neale Hurston | 61 |
Jessie Redmon Fauset | 75 |
Zora Neale Hurston 18911960 | 322 |
Nella Larsen 18911964 | 352 |
Eulalie Spence 18941981 | 358 |
Jean Toomer 18941967 | 371 |
Joseph Seamon Cotter Jr 18951919 | 381 |
Eric Walrond 18981966 | 410 |
May Miller 18991995 | 419 |
Marita O Bonner 18991971 | 434 |
W A Domingo | 90 |
Elise Johnson McDougald | 103 |
Marion Vera Cuthbert | 116 |
Gwendolyn B Bennett | 134 |
James Weldon Johnson 18711938 | 139 |
Alice DunbarNelson 18751935 | 145 |
Georgia Douglas Johnson 18771966 | 152 |
Angelina Weld Grimké 18801958 | 170 |
Anne Spencer 18821975 | 227 |
Jessie Redmon Fauset 18821961 | 232 |
Effie Lee Newsome a k a Mary Effie Lee 18851979 | 243 |
Fenton Johnson 18881958 | 268 |
Willis Richardson 18891977 | 286 |
Anita Scott Coleman 18901960 | 314 |
Sterling A Brown 19011989 | 450 |
Langston Hughes 19021967 | 458 |
Gwendolyn B Bennett 19021981 | 506 |
Wallace Thurman 19021934 | 520 |
Arna Bontemps 19021973 | 538 |
Countee Cullen 19031946 | 554 |
Gladys May Casely Hayford a k a Aquah Laluah 19041950 | 563 |
Richard Bruce Nugent a k a Richard Bruce 19061987 | 570 |
Dorothy West 19071998 | 590 |
Helene Johnson 19071995 | 599 |
Cowdery 19091953 | 606 |
Credits | 615 |
Other editions - View all
Double-take: A Revisionist Harlem Renaissance Anthology Venetria K. Patton,Maureen Honey No preview available - 2001 |
Double-take : a Revisionist Harlem Renaissance Anthology Venetria K. Patton (1968-, ed) No preview available - 2001 |
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