The Sleeper Wakes: Harlem Renaissance Stories by Women

by Marcy Knopf and Marcy Knopf-Newman

Book Overview

In recent years there has been an explosion of interest in the art and culture of the Harlem Renaissance. Yet this significant collection is the first definitive edition of Harlem Renaissance stories by women. The writers include Gwendolyn Bennett, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Angelina Weld Grimk , Zora Neale Hurston, Nella Larsen, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, and Dorothy West.

Published originally in periodicals such as The Crisis, Fire ,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813519454
• ISBN13: 9780813519456
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"