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New Negro, old Left : African-American writing and Communism between the wars
- Title
- New Negro, old Left : African-American writing and Communism between the wars / William J. Maxwell.
- Author
- Maxwell, William J. (College teacher)
- Publication
- New York : Columbia University Press, [1999], ©1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PS153.N5 M269 1999 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xi, 254 pages, 14 pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- African Americans > Politics and government
- Right and left (Political science) in literature
- Political fiction, American > History and criticism
- African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century
- Communism and literature > United States > History > 20th century
- American literature > African American authors > History and criticism
- American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
- African Americans in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Black and Red All Over? -- 1. Kitchen Mechanics and Parlor Nationalists: Andy Razaf, Black Bolshevism, and Harlem's Renaissance -- 2. Home to Moscow: Claude McKay's: The Negroes in America and the Race of Marxist Theory -- 3. The Proletarian as New Negro; the New Negro as Proletarian: Mike Gold Meets Claude McKay -- 4. Scottsboro Delimited: White Bait, Red Triangles, and Interracialism Between Men -- 5. Black Belt/Black Folk: The End(s) of the Richard Wright-Zora Neale Hurston Debate -- 6. Native Sons Divorce: A Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 0231114249 (alk. paper)
- 0231114257 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 98052487
- OCLC
- 40693272
- ocm40693272
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries