{"product_id":"postbellum-preharlem-african-american-literature-and-culture-18771919-9780814731680","title":"PostBellum PreHarlem  African American Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers fresh perspectives on the literary and cultural achievements of African American men and women\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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\u003cbr\u003eThis is a rich portrait of a complex period that has been long neglected. * Booklist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Post-Bellum, Pre-Harlem\u003c\/b\u003e 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, \u003cb\u003ePost-Bellum, Pre-Harlem\u003c\/b\u003e is a significant resource for scholars in the fields of African American history and literature. 8221; * The Journal of African American History *\u003cbr\u003ePost-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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments 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","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405877748055,"sku":"9780814731680","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780814731680.jpg?v=1730493772","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/postbellum-preharlem-african-american-literature-and-culture-18771919-9780814731680","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}