Author/Contributor(s): | Wall, Cheryl A |
Publisher: | Indiana University Press |
Date: | 09/22/1995 |
Binding: | Paperback |
Condition: | NEW |
By connecting the women to one another, to the cultural movement in which they worked, and to other early 20th-century women writers, Wall deftly defines their place in American literature. Her biographical and literary analysis surpasses others by following up on diverse careers that often ended far past the end of the movement. Highly recommended . . . --Library Journal
Wall offers a wealth of information and insight on their work, lives and interaction with other writers. . . strong critiques . . . --Publishers Weekly
The lives and works of women artists in the Harlem Renaissance--Jessie Redmon Fauset, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Bessie Smith, and others. Their achievements reflect the struggle of a generation of literary women to depict the lives of Black people, especially Black women, honestly and artfully.