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Author: Steven C. Tracy ,
Robert Butler ,
Robert H Cataliotti ,
Maryemma Graham
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 3.80cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.767kg
ISBN: 9780252079313
ISBN 10: 0252079310
Pages: 536
Publication Date: 08 November 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
<p><p> <p> A most important reference book on a subject that is sure to get increasing attention for years to come. The volume will serve as a foundational source of information and perspective on the major figures of the Black Chicago Renaissance. <p>--Amritjit Singh, coeditor of The Collected Writings of Wallace Thurman: A Harlem Renaissance Reader<p> A vigorous and seminal reassessment of an essential chapter in American culture. -- Booklist
A nicely crafted book that makes an important contribution to both the historiography of the Illinois Territory and the War of 1812. --Journal of Illinois History If Tracy's intention in pulling together the contributions to this thorough book is to enlighten readers about this outstanding group of artists and this period in our country's cultural history, he has succeeded remarkably... A superb introduction to the Black Chicago Renaissance. --Library Journal An important reference work that will stimulate further research on this fascinating and influential literary movement. --Journal of the Illinois Historical Society A vigorous and seminal reassessment of an essential chapter in American culture. --Booklist Required reading for anyone seeking to understand the wide diversity of the black Chicago Renaissance... Highly recommended. --Choice A genuinely useful reference and inspirational sourcebook. Tracy's selection of Chicago-connected writers intelligently guides us through the understudied territory of 'post-Harlem' African American literature. --William J. Maxwell, editor of Claude McKay's Complete Poems A most important reference book on a subject that is sure to get increasing attention for years to come. The volume will serve as a foundational source of information and perspective on the major figures of the Black Chicago Renaissance. --Amritjit Singh, coeditor of The Collected Writings of Wallace Thurman: A Harlem Renaissance Reader
Author Information
Steven C. Tracy is a professor of Afro-American studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a Chu Tian Scholar at Central China Normal University. He is the author of Langston Hughes and the Blues and Going to Cincinnati: A History of the Blues in the Queen City.
