Description
Book SynopsisExplores the Harlem Renaissance as a literary phenomenon fundamentally shaped by same-sex-interested men. This work focuses on Countze Cullen, Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, and Richard Bruce Nugent and explores these writers' sexually dissident or gay literary voices.
Trade Review"Heretofore scholars have not been willing perhaps, even been unable for many reasons both academic and personal to identify much of the Harlem Renaissance work as same-sex oriented... An important book." Jim Elledge
Table of ContentsPreliminary Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
1. Gay Harlem and the Harlem Renaissance
2. Writing in the Harlem Renaissance: The Burden of Representation and Sexual Dissidence
3. Countée Cullen: "His Virtues Are Many; His Vices Unheard Of"
4. Langston Hughes: A "True 'People's Poet'"
5. Claude McKay: "Enfant Terrible of the Negro Renaissance"
6. Richard Bruce Nugent: The Quest for Beauty
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
