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Description edit
Taking the incredible flowering of African-American literature in the 1920s as its starting point, Looking for Harlem offers a cogent and persuasive new reading of a diverse range of twentieth-century black American writing. From the streets, subways, hotels and cabarets of New York's Harlem... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Marita Bonner: Add a description of this character.
- Nella Larsen
- Rudolph Fisher
- Irene Redfield
- Gwendolyn Brooks
- Locke
- Alex
- Grimké
- Toni Morrison
- Helga
- Clare Kendry
- Gillis
- Richard Wright
- Wallace Thurman
- Joe
- Bruce Nugent
- Lutie
- Violet
- Douglas
- Denny
- Mrs. Chandler
- Dorcas
- Isaac Julien
- Gilroy
- Donald
- Schuyler
- Garner
- Countee Cullen
- Audrey
- Jessie Fauset
- Langston
- Charles S. Johnson
- Anderson
Setting & Locations edit
- Harlem Renaissance
- Chicago
- Frimbo
- New Negro
- America
- Frye Street
- Petry
- Denmark
- Hollywood
- Georgia
- Park
- Black Atlantic
Authors & Contributors edit
- Maria Balshaw (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 810.9327471
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › History & Criticism › African American
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › History & Criticism › 20th Century
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology › Race Relations
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Special Groups › African-American Studies
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › African American
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
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