A Gallery Of Harlem Portraits

Author : Melvin B. Tolson
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-10
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780826273130

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A Gallery of Harlem Portraits by Melvin B. Tolson Pdf

A Gallery of Harlem Portraits is Melvin B. Tolson's first book-length collection of poems. It was written in the 1930s when Tolson was immersed in the writings of the Harlem Renaissance, the subject of his master's thesis at Columbia University, and will provide scholars and critics a rich insight into how Tolson's literary picture of Harlem evolved. Modeled on Edgar Lee Master's Spoon River Anthology and showing the influence of Browning and Whitman, it is rooted in the Harlem Renaissance in its fascination with Harlem's cultural and ethnic diversity and its use of musical forms. Robert M. Farnsworth's afterword elucidates these and other literary influences. Tolson eventually attempted to incorporate the technical achievements of T.S. Eliot and the New Criticism into a complex modern poetry which would accurately represent the extraordinary tensions, paradoxes, and sophistication, both highbrow and lowbrow, of modern Harlem. As a consequence his position in literary history is problematical. The publication of this earliest of his manuscripts will help clarify Tolson's achievement and surprise many of his readers with its readily accessible, warmly human poetic portraiture.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 0764344870

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Harlem Street Portraits by Anonim Pdf

Well-known New York photographer Harvey Stein documents the humanity and spirit of the people of Harlem in 166 beautiful black and white photographs taken over 23 years, from 1990 to 2013. The images are mostly close-up portraits that reveal the friendliness and warmth of this city's inhabitants, the vibrant and bustling vitality of the area, and the changing nature of the neighborhood. What may at first appear to be a casual encounter becomes a personal, intimate record, a meaningful collaboration between photographer and subject. With a population of nearly half a million people, Harlem is America's most celebrated African-American neighborhood. Its rich past and historical importance have made a unique contribution to our national popular culture. Stein's photographs capture and celebrate the Harlem spirit.

Author : James Latimer Allen,Camara Dia Holloway
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Harlem Renaissance
ISBN : 0894670824

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Portraiture & the Harlem Renaissance by James Latimer Allen,Camara Dia Holloway Pdf

Author : Hilton Als,Alice Neel
Publisher : David Zwirner Books
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781941701607

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Alice Neel: Uptown by Hilton Als,Alice Neel Pdf

Known for her portraits of family, friends, writers, poets, artists, students, singers, salesmen, activists, and more, Alice Neel created forthright, intimate, and, at times, humorous paintings that quietly engaged with political and social issues. In Alice Neel, Uptown, writer and curator Hilton Als brings together a body of paintings and works on paper of African-Americans, Latinos, Asians, and other people of color for the first time. Highlighting the innate diversity of Neel’s approach, the selection looks at those whose portraits are often left out of the art-historical canon and how this extraordinary painter captured them; “what fascinated her was the breadth of humanity that she encountered,” Als writes. The publication, which opens with a foreword by Jeremy Lewison, advisor to The Estate of Alice Neel, explores Neel’s interest in the diversity of uptown New York and the variety of people amongst whom she lived. This group of portraits includes well-known figures such as playwright, actress, and author Alice Childress; the sociologist Horace R. Cayton, Jr.; the community activist Mercedes Arroyo; and the widely published academic Harold Cruse; alongside more anonymous individuals of a nurse, a ballet dancer, a taxi driver, a businessman, and a local kid who ran errands for Neel. In short and illuminating texts on specific works written in his characteristic narrative style, Als writes about the history of each sitter and offers insights into Neel and her work, while adding his own perspective. A contemporary and personal approach to the artist’s oeuvre, Als’s project is “an attempt to honor not only what Neel saw, but the generosity of her seeing.” This catalogue is published on the occasion of the 2017 exhibitions of Neel’s paintings and drawings at David Zwirner, New York, and Victoria Miro, London.

Author : Carl Van Vechten,John P. Jacob
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0937311847

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Harlem Heroes by Carl Van Vechten,John P. Jacob Pdf

Author : K. Schultz
Publisher : Springer
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781137082428

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The Afro-Modernist Epic and Literary History by K. Schultz Pdf

Analyzing the poets Melvin B. Tolson, Langston Hughes, and Amiri Baraka, this study charts the Afro-Modernist epic. Within the context of Classical epic traditions, early 20th-century American modernist long poems, and the griot traditions of West Africa, Schultz reveals diasporic consciousness in the representation of African American identities.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 17 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:79932593

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"O, WRITE MY NAME" by Anonim Pdf

Author : Cary D. Wintz,Paul Finkelman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135455361

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Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance by Cary D. Wintz,Paul Finkelman Pdf

From the music of Louis Armstrong to the portraits by Beauford Delaney, the writings of Langston Hughes to the debut of the musical Show Boat, the Harlem Renaissance is one of the most significant developments in African-American history in the twentieth century. The Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, in two-volumes and over 635 entries, is the first comprehensive compilation of information on all aspects of this creative, dynamic period. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedi a of Harlem Renaissance website.

Author : Joe Bray,Alison Gibbons,Brian McHale
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781136301759

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The Routledge Companion to Experimental Literature by Joe Bray,Alison Gibbons,Brian McHale Pdf

What is experimental literature? How has experimentation affected the course of literary history, and how is it shaping literary expression today? Literary experiment has always been diverse and challenging, but never more so than in our age of digital media and social networking, when the very category of the literary is coming under intense pressure. How will literature reconfigure itself in the future? The Routledge Companion to Experimental Literature maps this expansive and multifaceted field, with essays on: the history of literary experiment from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present the impact of new media on literature, including multimodal literature, digital fiction and code poetry the development of experimental genres from graphic narratives and found poetry through to gaming and interactive fiction experimental movements from Futurism and Surrealism to Postmodernism, Avant-Pop and Flarf. Shedding new light on often critically neglected terrain, the contributors introduce this vibrant area, define its current state, and offer exciting new perspectives on its future. This volume is the ideal introduction for those approaching the study of experimental literature for the first time or looking to further their knowledge.

Author : David E. Chinitz,Gail McDonald
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780470659816

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A Companion to Modernist Poetry by David E. Chinitz,Gail McDonald Pdf

A COMPANION TO MODERNIST POETRY A Companion to Modernist Poetry A Companion to Modernist Poetry presents contemporary approaches to modernist poetry in a uniquely in-depth and accessible text. The first section of the volume reflects the attention to historical and cultural context that has been especially fruitful in recent scholarship. The second section focuses on various movements and groupings of poets, placing writers in literary history and indicating the currents and countercurrents whose interaction generated the category of modernism as it is now broadly conceived. The third section traces the arcs of twenty-one poets’ careers, illustrated by analyses of key works. The Companion thus offers breadth in its presentation of historical and literary contexts and depth in its attention to individual poets; it brings recent scholarship to bear on the subject of modernist poetry while also providing guidance on poets who are historically important and who are likely to appear on syllabi and to attract critical interest for many years to come. Edited by two highly respected and notable critics in the field, A Companion to Modernist Poetry boasts a varied list of contributors who have produced an intense, focused study of modernist poetry.

Author : Mary McAleer Balkun,Jeffrey Gray,Paul Jaussen
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781119669227

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A Companion to American Poetry by Mary McAleer Balkun,Jeffrey Gray,Paul Jaussen Pdf

A COMPANION TO AMERICAN POETRY A Companion to American Poetry brings together original essays by both established scholars and emerging critical voices to explore the latest topics and debates in American poetry and its study. Highlighting the diverse nature of poetic practice and scholarship, this comprehensive volume addresses a broad range of individual poets, movements, genres, and concepts from the seventeenth century to the present day. Organized thematically, the Companion’s thirty-seven chapters address a variety of emerging trends in American poetry, providing historical context and new perspectives on topics such as poetics and identity, poetry and the arts, early and late experimentalisms, poetry and the transcendent, transnational poetics, poetry of engagement, poetry in cinema and popular music, Queer and Trans poetics, poetry and politics in the 21st century, and African American, Asian American, Latinx, and Indigenous poetries. Both a nuanced survey of American poetry and a catalyst for future scholarship, A Companion to American Poetry is essential reading for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, academic researchers and scholars, and general readers with interest in current trends in American poetry.

Author : Christopher MacGowan
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781119072775

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A History of American Literature 1900 - 1950 by Christopher MacGowan Pdf

A look at the first five decades of 20th century American literature, covering a wide range of literary works, figures, and influences A History of American Literature 1900-1950 is a current and well-balanced account of the main literary figures, connections, and ideas that characterized the first half of the twentieth century. In this readable, highly informative book, the author explores significant developments in American drama, fiction, and poetry, and discusses how the literature of the period influenced, and was influenced by, cultural trends in both the United States and abroad. Considering works produced during America’s rise to prominence on the world stage from both regional and international perspectives, MacGowan provides readers with keen insights into the literature of the period in relation to America’s transition from an agrarian nation to an industrial power, the racial and economic discrimination of Black and Native American populations, the greater financial and social independence of women, the economic boom of the 1920s, the Depression of the 1930s, the impact of world wars, massive immigration, political and ideological clashes, and more. Encompassing five decades of literary and cultural diversity in one volume, A History of American Literature 1900-1950: Covers American theater, poetry, fiction, non-fiction, memoirs, magazines and literary publications, and popular media Discusses the ways writers dramatized the immense social, economic, cultural, and political changes in America throughout the first half of the twentieth century Explores themes and influences of Modernist poets, expatriate novelists, and literary publications founded by women and African-Americans Features the work of Black writers, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Jewish Americans A History of American Literature 1900-1950 is essential reading for all students in upper-level American literature courses as well as general readers looking to better understand the literary tradition of the United States.

Author : Mariann Russell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015004170422

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Melvin B. Tolson's Harlem Gallery by Mariann Russell Pdf

The author "examines Harlem Gallery's relationship to the Harlem community, with its double image of cultural capital and ghetto."--Jacket.

Author : Allon Schoener
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : PSU:000062489942

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Harlem on My Mind by Allon Schoener Pdf

Long before Harlem became one of the trendiest neighbourhoods in the red-hot property market of Manhattan, it was a metaphor for African American culture at its richest. This is the classic record of Harlem life during some of the most exciting and turbulent years of its history, a beautiful - and poignant - reminder of a powerful moment in African American history. Includes the work of some of Harlem's most treasured photographers, extraordinary images are juxtaposed with articles recording the daily life of one of New York's most memorialised neighbourhoods.

Author : Richard Benson,Eakins Press Foundation,James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts and Letters
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : African Americans
ISBN : OCLC:54260947

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'O, Write My Name' by Richard Benson,Eakins Press Foundation,James Weldon Johnson Memorial Collection of Negro Arts and Letters Pdf