Vicious modernism: black harlem and the literary imagination
Auteur :
Jongh, James de
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521123303
Date de publication :
19 nov. 2009
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,7 cm
Poids :
430 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Harlem, a quintessentially black city in the midst of a great modern metropolis, has piqued the imagination of writers and artists since the turn of the century. This book concentrates on the aesthetic and cultural force of the idea of Harlem, which inspired large numbers of writers from Sherwood Anderson to Tom Wolfe.