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Book SynopsisOffers fresh perspectives on the literary and cultural achievements of African American men and women
Trade ReviewThis is a vital reappraisal. These essays compellingly return to the often-neglected period known in African American history as 'The Nadir' to ensure that it will never again be seen as a cultural disappointment. -- Carla Kaplan,author of Zora Neale Hurston: A Life in Letters
This is a rich portrait of a complex period that has been long neglected. * Booklist *
Post-Bellum, Pre-Harlem presents a compelling case for viewing the years between 1877 and 1919 as a time of outstanding literary and cultural achievement for African American men and women. . . . McCaskill and Gebhard are to be commended for the thought-provoking volume that identifies convincingly and documents meticulously the origins of “modern” African American literature. Based on solid scholarship and extensive interdisciplinary research,
Post-Bellum, Pre-Harlem is a significant resource for scholars in the fields of African American history and literature. 8221; * The Journal of African American History *
Post-Bellum, Pre-Harlem is a valuable book. These fifteen essays offer a broad overview of a rich and complicated period and complement the growing body of scholarship that takes as its focus this important and previously under-appreciated era. * The Journal of the Society for the Study of the MultiEthnic Literature of the United States *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Caroline Gebhard and Barbara McCaskillPart I : Reimagining the Past1 Creative Collaboration2 Commemorative Ceremonies and Invented TraditionsPart II : Meeting Freedom: Self-Invention, Artistic Innovation, and Race Progress (1870s-1880s)3 Landscapes of Labor4 "Manly Husbands and Womanly Wives"vii5 Old and New Issue Servants6 Savannah's Colored Tribune, the Reverend E. K. Love, and the Sacred Rebellion of Uplift Part III : Encountering Jim Crow: African American Literature and the Mainstream (1890s)7 A Marginal Man in Black Bohemia8 Jamming with Julius9 Rewriting Dunbar10 Inventing a "Negro Literature"Part IV : Turning the Century: New Political, Cultural,and Personal Aesthetics (1900-1917)11 No Excuses for Our Dirt12 War Work, Social Work, Community Work:13 Antilynching Plays14 Henry Ossawa Tanner and W. E. B. Du Bois15 The Folk, the School, and the MarketplaceTopical List of Selected Works About the Contributors Index
