Women of the Harlem Renaissance

By Cheryl A. Wall

Book Overview

The lives and works of women artists in the Harlem Renaissance-Jessie Redmon Fauset, Nella Larsen, Zora Neale Hurston, Bessie Smith, and others. Their achievements reflect the struggle of a generation of literary women to depict the lives of Black people, especially Black women, honestly and artfully.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253209803
• ISBN13: 9780253209801
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

wonderful companion piece

This book is a wonderful companion piece to the works of Jessie Redmon Fauset, Nella Larsen and Zora Neale Hurston. Provides critical biographies for all three. Great reference for scholars, but interesting to anyone who's reading these amazing women.