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Claude McKay (1889?1948) was one of the most prolific and sophisticated African American writers of the early twentieth century. A Jamaican-born author of poetry, short stories, novels, and nonfiction, McKay has often been associated with the?New Negro? or Harlem Renaissance, a movement of African A...

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Main Author: McKay, Claude, 1890-1948
Other Authors: Jarrett, Gene Andrew, 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
McKay, Claude.
McKay, Claude, > 1890-1948.
Jamaican Americans.
Authors, Jamaican.
Authors, American.
African American authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Americains d'origine jamaïquaine > Biographies.
Écrivains noirs americains > Biographies.
Americains d'origine jamaïquaine > Vie intellectuelle.
Écrivains jamaïquains > 20e siecle > Biographies.
Écrivains americains > 20e siecle > Biographies.
Jamaican Americans > Biography.
African American authors > Biography.
Jamaican Americans > Intellectual life.
Authors, Jamaican > 20th century > Biography.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Autobiographie.
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction; A Note on the Text; A Long Way from Home; Contents; Part One: American Beginning; Chapter 1: A Great Editor; Chapter 2: Other Editors; Chapter 3: White Friends; Chapter 4: Another White Friend; Part Two: English Inning; Chapter 5: Adventuring in Search of George Bernard Shaw; Chapter 6: Pugilist vs. Poet; Chapter 7: A Job in London; Chapter 8: Regarding Reactionary Criticism; Part Three: New York Horizon; Chapter 9: Back in Harlem; Chapter 10: A Brown Dove Cooing; Chapter 11: A Look at H.G. Wells; Chapter 12: "He Who Gets Slapped."
  • Chapter 13: "Harlem Shadows"Part Four: The Magic Pilgrimage; Chapter 14: The Dominant Urge; Chapter 15: An Individual Triumph; Chapter 16: The Pride and Pomp of Proletarian Power; Chapter 17: Literary Interest; Chapter 18: Social Interest; Chapter 19: A Great Celebration; Chapter 20: Regarding Radical Criticism; Part Five: The Cynical Continent; Chapter 21: Berlin and Paris; Chapter 22: Friends in France; Chapter 23: Frank Harris in France; Chapter 24: Cinema Studio; Chapter 25: Marseilles Motley; Part Six: The Idylls of Africa; Chapter 26: When a Negro Goes Native
  • Chapter 27: The New Negro in ParisChapter 28: Hail and Farewell to Morocco; Chapter 29: On Belonging to a Minority Group; About the Editor

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