Literary sisters : Dorothy West and her circle : a biography of the Harlem Renaissance

Publication Data

• Title Literary sisters : Dorothy West and her circle : a biography of the Harlem Renaissance
• Author Verner D. Mitchell
• Contributor Cynthia Davis
• Publisher Rutgers University Press
• Publication date 2012
• Publication location New Brunswick, N.J.
• Language English

Contents

Prologue
"Nothing so broadening as travel": Porgy, 1929
The Benson Family comes to Boston
Pauline Hopkins and African American literature in New England
Boston girlhoods, 1910-1925
The youngest members of the Harlem Renaissance, 1926-1931
Russian interlude, literary salons, and challenge
Epilogue.

Topics

• West, Dorothy, 1907-1998 :: Criticism and interpretation
• West, Dorothy, 1907-1998
• American literature :: African American authors :: History and criticism
• American literature :: Women authors :: History and criticism
• African American women :: Intellectual life
• African American women in literature
• African American arts :: New York (State) :: New York
• Harlem Renaissance
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) :: Intellectual life :: 20th century
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.)

Literary sisters : Dorothy West and her circle : a biography of the Harlem Renaissance by Verner D. Mitchell. ISBN 9780813551463. Published by Rutgers University Press in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.