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Some of the most prominent works created during the Harlem Renaissance were in the field of literature. Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, and Langston Hughes produced novels, poetry, short stories and memoirs.
Harlem Renaissance poets such as Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, and Georgia Douglas Johnson explored the beauty and pain of black life and sought to define themselves and their community outside of white stereotypes.
Harlem Renaissance, a blossoming (c. 1918–37) of African American culture, particularly in the creative arts, and the most influential movement in African American literary history. Learn more about the Harlem Renaissance, including its noteworthy works and artists, in this article.
Between the end of World War I and the mid-1930s, they produced one of the most significant eras of cultural expression in the nation’s history—the Harlem Renaissance. Yet this cultural explosion also occurred in Cleveland, Los Angeles and many cities shaped by the great migration.
Langston Hughes was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance, the flowering of black intellectual, literary, and artistic life that took place in the 1920s in a number of American cities, particularly Harlem. A major poet, Hughes also wrote novels, short stories, essays, and plays.
141 books based on 71 votes: Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, Native Son by Richard Wright, Passing by Nella Larsen, The Collected Poe...
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance. Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick is a compilation of recovered short stories written by Zora Neale Hurston. It was published in 2020 by Amistad: An Imprint of HarperCollins publishers.
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement designed by Black intellectuals, such as W.E.B. Dubious and Alain Locke, to elevate the perception of Black people. They believed art would change the old stereotypes of Black people to reflect the assertiveness and self-confidence of the “New Negro.”
The Harlem Renaissance, which was sparked by industrial expansion and prosperity in the art fields, began its decline with the crash of Wall Street in 1929. Harlem became affected by rising unemployment and crime, and the neighborhood erupted in the Harlem Riot of 1935.
Ebony rising : short fiction of the greater Harlem Renaissance era. by. Gable, Craig, 1967-. Publication date. 2004. Topics. Fiction anthologies & collections, Literature: Classics, Fiction - General, Literary Collections, Short stories, American, Short Stories (Anthologies), New York, American fiction, General, 20th century, African American ...