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The Cambridge Companion to the Harlem Renaissance by George Hutchinson (Editor)
ISBN: 9780521856997
Publication Date: 2007-06-14
The Harlem Renaissance (1918-1937) was the most influential single movement in African American literary history. Its key figures include W. E. B. Du Bois, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Langston Hughes. The movement laid the groundwork for all later African American literature, and had an enormous impact on later black literature world-wide. With chapters by a wide range of well-known scholars, this 2007 Companion is an authoritative and engaging guide to the movement. It first discusses the historical contexts of the Harlem Renaissance, both national and international; then presents original discussions of a wide array of authors and texts; and finally treats the reputation of the movement in later years. Giving full play to the disagreements and differences that energized the renaissance, this Companion presents a set of new readings encouraging further exploration of this dynamic field.
(1900 - 2000) The full text of over 9,000 poems writen by 62 African-American poets of the twentieth century. Includes works by Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, Imamu Amiri Baraka, Audre Lorde and Rita Dove.
An online exhibit from the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library. Contains images related to Du Bois, the Harlem Renaissance, and more as well as essays and maps.
The Artstor Digital Library is a database of high quality images for use in the humanities.
Images are also accessible through the JSTOR platform. Spring 2024 this database will relocate to the "J" page and accessible through JSTOR.
From the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library.
Langston Hughes : material from the vertical files of the Schomburg Collection, 1926-1967 [microfilm]
WHERE TO FIND: Microfilm cabinet C-32
Collection description: "Biographical information about Hughes' life and activities. Hughes' writings form the largest series in the collection and consist of manuscripts, typescripts, and drafts of books, including NOT WITHOUT LAUGHTER, FAMOUS AMERICAN NEGROES, and FIRST BOOK OF JAZZ; plays; poems; short stories; songs; and reviews of some of his published works. Material relating to programs, activities, and events in which Hughes participated or was the subject including memorial tributes, personal appearances, radio broadcasts, recordings, speeches, and television broadcasts. Papers related to programs which incorporated a presentation of Hughes' works consisting of news clippings, printed programs, and leaflets announcing or describing the programs. Also, general criticism of Hughes as a writer, and some information on sources of Hughes' material in other institutions in the United States."
From the Center for Humanities and Digital Research and the Department of English, University of Central Florida.
Includes digital facsimiles of the original manuscripts of ,em>Their Eyes Were Watching God, Dust Tracks on a Road, and Mule Bone: A Comedy in Three Acts, bibliographies, background information, and more.
(1825-1995) Over 170 periodicals by and about African Americans; includes magazines, academic and political journals, institutional newsletters, organizations' bulletins, and more. Beyond offering opinions on issues and events of the day, the rare titles in African American Periodicals capture the voice of African American society and culture.
An index to Black Literature, 1827-1940, a microfiche collection of African-American poetry, fiction, and other literary works published in a variety of African-American publications.
Indexes notable Harlem Renaissance periodicals like
The Crisis
The Messenger
Negro World
Opportunity
Note: The Davidson College Library does not own this collection, but search the Periodical Title List to see if we have the magazine or journal. In addition, the fiche may be available on interlibrary loan.
A digital collection of issues from over 1,500 important periodicals of the European avant-garde. Issues date from 1853-1942. Includes Broom, Bruno's Weekly, and more.
Crisis
Published by the NAACP.
Indexed by Black Literature Index (see below).
Library has
Vols. 1-67 (1910-1960) [reprint]
Periodical Stacks
Vols. 66-82 (1959-1975)
Microfilm cabinet C-12
Images of 15 covers from the Beinecke Library, Yale University
Harlem in Review: Critical Reactions to Black American Writers, 1917-1939
John Earl Bassett. Canbury, NJ: Associated Univ. Presses, 1992.
WHERE TO FIND: Main Library Reference Stacks R 810.9 B319h
An annotated bibliography of critical responses to the works published by African American writers in the 1920s and 1930s.
(1890-1922) Contains table of contents information for many modernist journals and digital images of Blast and New Age. Also includes some related e-books and essays, an artist database, and a Periodical Directory: 1890-1922. From Brown University and the University of Tulsa.
From De Montfort University, Leicester, U.K.
Includes an index to a growing list of little magazines, including BLAST, Coterie, The Enemy, and Form.
Opportunity
Published by the National Urban League from 1923-1949.
Indexed by Black Literature Index (see below).
Library has:
May 1941 [original issue]
Rare Book Room (see the Library Catalog)
Selections from the February, August, October, and December 1926 issues are online from the Library of Congress.
Selections of stories, poetry, and essays are reprinted in The Opportunity Reader (ed. Sondra Wilson; New York, 1999).
Main Library Stacks PS508 .N3 O66 1999
Images of 2 covers from the Beinecke Library, Yale University
Periodicals Index Online is a database of millions of citations for articles published in the arts, humanities and social sciences, across more than 300 years. It enables researchers quickly and comprehensively to identify articles relevant to their field of study and reduces what could take years of research to a matter of minutes. Journals indexed span 37 key subject areas and multiple languages.
Periodicals Archive Online is a major archive that makes the backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences available electronically, providing access to the searchable full text of hundreds of titles. The database spans more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages.
The library has access to:
Collection 5 (with 1996-2000 update)
Collection 6
Collection 7
Collection 8
Collection 9
Collection 10
Periodicals Archive Online Foundation Collection
A digital archive of issues from over 60 titles from the U.S., U.K., and Australia. These pulp fiction magazines were very popular and very successful.
The Messenger
Published from 1917-1924.
Library has:
Nov. 1920 [original issue]
Rare Book Room (see the Library Catalog)
Selections of stories, poetry, and essays are reprinted in the Opportunity Reader (ed. Sondra Wilson; New York: 2000; see the Library Catalog).
Covers more than 19,000 prominent U.S. men and women from all periods of history. Excludes living people. The bibliographies are great tools for finding primary and secondary sources; they contain information about published and unpublished primary sources and evaluative comment on notable secondary sources.
The bibliographies are great tools for finding primary and secondary sources; they contain information about published and unpublished primary sources and evaluative comment on notable secondary sources.
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
(Ed. Cary D. Wintz and Paul Finkelman. 2 vols. New York: Routledge, 2004)
WHERE TO FIND: Main Library Reference Stacks NX512.3.A35 E53 2004
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Includes Contemporary Authors, The Dictionary of Literary Biography, and substantial portions of Gale's other literature criticism series, including the Scribner Writers Series. Also includes the Gale's Literary Index and the Encyclopedia of Literature.
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Periodicals Archive Online is a major archive that makes the backfiles of scholarly periodicals in the arts, humanities and social sciences available electronically, providing access to the searchable full text of hundreds of titles. The database spans more than two centuries of content, 37 key subject areas, and multiple languages.
The library has access to:
Collection 5 (with 1996-2000 update)
Collection 6
Collection 7
Collection 8
Collection 9
Collection 10
Periodicals Archive Online Foundation Collection
(c. 1900 to present) An interdisciplinary resource with over 20,000 scholarly journals, books, and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, also navigate the full citation network.
Access is restricted to current faculty and staff and currently-enrolled students of Davidson College only.
The Cambridge Companion to the Harlem Renaissance by 
