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Literary sisters

Mitchell, Verner D., 1957-

Literary sisters Dorothy West and her circle, a biography of the Harlem Renaissance / [electronic resource] : Verner D. Mitchell and Cynthia Davis. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (208 p.) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780813552132 0813552133


West, Dorothy, 1907-1998 --Criticism and interpretation.


Harlem Renaissance.
African American arts--New York (State)--New York.
African American women in literature.
African American women--Intellectual life.
American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.


Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Intellectual life--20th century.


Electronic books.

PS153.N5 / M58 2012

813/.5209896073