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Explores 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.

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"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 Contents

Preliminary 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

Gay Voices of the Harlem Renaissance

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 18/07/2003
      ISBN13: 9780253216076, 978-0253216076
      ISBN10: 0253216079
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      ELT & Literary Studies Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Explores 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 Contents

      Preliminary 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

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