A perfect guide for use in high school classes, this book explores the fascinating literature of the Harlem Renaissance, reviewing classic works in the context of the history, society, and culture of its time. The Harlem Renaissance is one of the most interesting eras in African American literature as well as a highly regarded period in our country's literary history. The works produced during this span reflect a turbulent social climate in America . a time fraught with both opportunities and injustices for minorities. In this enlightening guide, author and educator Lynn Domina examines the…mehr
A perfect guide for use in high school classes, this book explores the fascinating literature of the Harlem Renaissance, reviewing classic works in the context of the history, society, and culture of its time. The Harlem Renaissance is one of the most interesting eras in African American literature as well as a highly regarded period in our country's literary history. The works produced during this span reflect a turbulent social climate in America . a time fraught with both opportunities and injustices for minorities. In this enlightening guide, author and educator Lynn Domina examines the literature of the Harlem Renaissance along with the cultural and societal factors influencing its writers. This compelling book illuminates the cultural conditions affecting the lives of African Americans everywhere, addressing topics such as prohibition, race riots, racism, interracial marriage, sharecropping, and lynching. Each chapter includes historical background on both the literary work and the author and explores several themes through historical document excerpts and thoughtful analysis to illustrate how literature responded to the surrounding social circumstances. Chapters conclude with a discussion of why and how the literary work remains relevant today.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Lynn Domina, PhD, is a professor of English at the State University of New York at Delhi.
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I Introduction and Background to the Harlem Renaissance II Chronology III The Poetry of Claude McKay and Langston Hughes Historical Background About Claude McKay About Langston Hughes Historical Exploration: Race Riots of 1919 Newspaper Reports of Riots From "A Crowd of Howling Negroes " 1919 From "Street Battles at Night " 1919 From "Ghastly Deeds of Race Rioters Told " 1919 Responses to the Riots From Walter White "N.A.A.C.P.-Chicago and Its Eight Reasons " 1919 From "The Chicago Commission on Race Relations " 1922 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Historical Exploration: Re-invigoration of the Ku Klux Klan Legal Responses to the Ku Klux Klan Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 1868 From the Ku Klux Klan Act 1871 William Garrott Brown's Interpretation of the History of the Ku Klux Klan From William Garrott Brown "The Ku Klux Movement " 1901 Newspaper Reports on the Ku Klux Klan "Atlanta's Ku-Klux Klan " 1906 "Ku Klux Klan Celebrates " 1921 "Ku Klux Denounced from Many Pulpits " 1922 "Ku Klux Klansmen March into Church " 1922 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Historical Exploration: The Russian Revolution and Attraction of the Communist Party among American Writers Communist Party Writing From Communist Party of America Pamphlet No. 1 1919 From Manifesto of the Communist Party of America 1922 Newspaper Report on Communism and Race "Negro's Rights Here Derided in Moscow " 1922 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Why We Read the Poetry of Claude McKay and Langston Hughes Today IV Cane Historical Background About Jean Toomer Historical Exploration: Lynching Ida B. Wells From Ida B. Wells "Lynch Law in America " 1900 Magazine Reports of Lynching "Colored Men Protest " 1892 "Southern Protests against Lynching " 1898 Newspaper Reports on Lynching "Lynching in Georgia " 1897 "Woman Advocates Lynching " 1898 Arthur A. Schomburg "Lynching a Savage Relic " 1903 The Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill 1922 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Historical Exploration: Prohibition Temperance Songs Mary Lantz "The Drunkard and His Family " 1854 Stephen G. Foster "Comrades Fill No Glass for Me " 1855 J. M. Kieffer "The Temperance Army " 1874 Legal Documents Addressing Prohibition Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 1919 From the Volstead Act 1920 The Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 1933 Newspaper Articles Reporting on Prohibition From "Whole Country Goes Dry " 1919 From "Nation-Wide Prohibition Ends Fight of 112 Years " 1920 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Why We Read Cane Today V Passing and Quicksand Historical Background About Nella Larsen Historical Exploration: Racial Definitions and Passing Definitions of Race From Reports of the Immigration Commission 1911 From Georgia Laws on Race and Color 1927 Court Case Regarding Interracial Adoption Robert Green v. City of New Orleans 1956 Autobiographies Discussing Racial Passing From William Craft Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom: The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery 1860 From John Howard Griffin Black Like Me 1960 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Historical Exploration: Interracial Marriage Legal Cases Addressing Interracial Marriage From Pace v. Alabama 1883 From Loving v. Virginia 1967 A Personal Experience Michele DeFreece "Stop Explaining. My Name's Michele " 2014 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Historical Exploration: Expatriates Expatriate Experiences of American Writers From John Dos Passos "The Republic of Honest Men " 1934 From James Baldwin "Encounter on the Sein: Black Meets Brown " 1955 From Ernest Hemingway A Moveable Feast 1964 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Why We Read Quicksand and Passing Today VI Their Eyes Were Watching God Historical Background About Zora Neale Hurston Historical Exploration: All-Black Towns Zora Neale Hurston's Eatonville From Zora Neale Hurston Dust Tracks on a Road 1942 The All-Black Town of Langston Oklahoma "Home Sweet Home. A Home for You and Your Children. Millions! of Acres in the Cherokee Strip Soon to Be Given to the People for Homes. This Will Tell You How You Can Get the Benefit " 1892 E. P. McCabe "Freedom. Peace Happiness and Prosperity Do You Want All These? Then Cast Your Lot with Us and Make Your Home in Langston City " 1892 The All-Black Town of Mound Bayou From Booker T. Washington "A Town Owned by Negroes: Mound Bayou Miss. An Example of Thrift and Self-Government" 1907 From Day Allen Willey "Mound Bayou-A Negro Municipality " 1907 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Historical Exploration: Migrant and Seasonal Labor Migrant Loggers From Charlotte Todes Labor and Lumber 1931 Migrant Farmers From Robert Coles Migrants Sharecroppers Mountaineers 1971 Labor Laws Regarding Migrant and Seasonal Labor From U.S. Department of Labor Poster Required to Be Displayed by Employers Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act 1983 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Historical Exploration: Hurricanes A Flood in Folklore From Zora Neale Hurston Mules and Men 1935 Personal Experiences of the Okeechobee Hurricane From Charles L. Mitchell "The West Indian Hurricane of September 10-20 1928 " 1928 From Eliot Kleinberg Black Cloud: The Great Florida Hurricane of 1928 2003 The Federal Emergency Management Agency From "The Federal Emergency Management Agency Publication 1 " 2010 The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale National Weather Center "Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale " 2013 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Why We Read Their Eyes Were Watching God Today Index About the Author
I Introduction and Background to the Harlem Renaissance II Chronology III The Poetry of Claude McKay and Langston Hughes Historical Background About Claude McKay About Langston Hughes Historical Exploration: Race Riots of 1919 Newspaper Reports of Riots From "A Crowd of Howling Negroes " 1919 From "Street Battles at Night " 1919 From "Ghastly Deeds of Race Rioters Told " 1919 Responses to the Riots From Walter White "N.A.A.C.P.-Chicago and Its Eight Reasons " 1919 From "The Chicago Commission on Race Relations " 1922 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Historical Exploration: Re-invigoration of the Ku Klux Klan Legal Responses to the Ku Klux Klan Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 1868 From the Ku Klux Klan Act 1871 William Garrott Brown's Interpretation of the History of the Ku Klux Klan From William Garrott Brown "The Ku Klux Movement " 1901 Newspaper Reports on the Ku Klux Klan "Atlanta's Ku-Klux Klan " 1906 "Ku Klux Klan Celebrates " 1921 "Ku Klux Denounced from Many Pulpits " 1922 "Ku Klux Klansmen March into Church " 1922 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Historical Exploration: The Russian Revolution and Attraction of the Communist Party among American Writers Communist Party Writing From Communist Party of America Pamphlet No. 1 1919 From Manifesto of the Communist Party of America 1922 Newspaper Report on Communism and Race "Negro's Rights Here Derided in Moscow " 1922 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Why We Read the Poetry of Claude McKay and Langston Hughes Today IV Cane Historical Background About Jean Toomer Historical Exploration: Lynching Ida B. Wells From Ida B. Wells "Lynch Law in America " 1900 Magazine Reports of Lynching "Colored Men Protest " 1892 "Southern Protests against Lynching " 1898 Newspaper Reports on Lynching "Lynching in Georgia " 1897 "Woman Advocates Lynching " 1898 Arthur A. Schomburg "Lynching a Savage Relic " 1903 The Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill 1922 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Historical Exploration: Prohibition Temperance Songs Mary Lantz "The Drunkard and His Family " 1854 Stephen G. Foster "Comrades Fill No Glass for Me " 1855 J. M. Kieffer "The Temperance Army " 1874 Legal Documents Addressing Prohibition Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 1919 From the Volstead Act 1920 The Twenty-First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States 1933 Newspaper Articles Reporting on Prohibition From "Whole Country Goes Dry " 1919 From "Nation-Wide Prohibition Ends Fight of 112 Years " 1920 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Why We Read Cane Today V Passing and Quicksand Historical Background About Nella Larsen Historical Exploration: Racial Definitions and Passing Definitions of Race From Reports of the Immigration Commission 1911 From Georgia Laws on Race and Color 1927 Court Case Regarding Interracial Adoption Robert Green v. City of New Orleans 1956 Autobiographies Discussing Racial Passing From William Craft Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom: The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery 1860 From John Howard Griffin Black Like Me 1960 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Historical Exploration: Interracial Marriage Legal Cases Addressing Interracial Marriage From Pace v. Alabama 1883 From Loving v. Virginia 1967 A Personal Experience Michele DeFreece "Stop Explaining. My Name's Michele " 2014 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Historical Exploration: Expatriates Expatriate Experiences of American Writers From John Dos Passos "The Republic of Honest Men " 1934 From James Baldwin "Encounter on the Sein: Black Meets Brown " 1955 From Ernest Hemingway A Moveable Feast 1964 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Why We Read Quicksand and Passing Today VI Their Eyes Were Watching God Historical Background About Zora Neale Hurston Historical Exploration: All-Black Towns Zora Neale Hurston's Eatonville From Zora Neale Hurston Dust Tracks on a Road 1942 The All-Black Town of Langston Oklahoma "Home Sweet Home. A Home for You and Your Children. Millions! of Acres in the Cherokee Strip Soon to Be Given to the People for Homes. This Will Tell You How You Can Get the Benefit " 1892 E. P. McCabe "Freedom. Peace Happiness and Prosperity Do You Want All These? Then Cast Your Lot with Us and Make Your Home in Langston City " 1892 The All-Black Town of Mound Bayou From Booker T. Washington "A Town Owned by Negroes: Mound Bayou Miss. An Example of Thrift and Self-Government" 1907 From Day Allen Willey "Mound Bayou-A Negro Municipality " 1907 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Historical Exploration: Migrant and Seasonal Labor Migrant Loggers From Charlotte Todes Labor and Lumber 1931 Migrant Farmers From Robert Coles Migrants Sharecroppers Mountaineers 1971 Labor Laws Regarding Migrant and Seasonal Labor From U.S. Department of Labor Poster Required to Be Displayed by Employers Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act 1983 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Historical Exploration: Hurricanes A Flood in Folklore From Zora Neale Hurston Mules and Men 1935 Personal Experiences of the Okeechobee Hurricane From Charles L. Mitchell "The West Indian Hurricane of September 10-20 1928 " 1928 From Eliot Kleinberg Black Cloud: The Great Florida Hurricane of 1928 2003 The Federal Emergency Management Agency From "The Federal Emergency Management Agency Publication 1 " 2010 The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale National Weather Center "Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale " 2013 Discussion Questions Suggested Readings Why We Read Their Eyes Were Watching God Today Index About the Author
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