About this title: First published in 1979, this landmark study of Harlem's brief shining moment of glory has been reissued with a new preface in which David Levering Lewis, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "W.E.B. Du Bois", reconsiders the Harlem Renaissance in light of recent criticism surrounding the exploitation of the black community.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780195059694ISBN:0195059697
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Highlighting/underlining. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 400 p. Audience: General/trade. L3 read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780140263343ISBN:0140263349
Description: Very Good. Light creasing & edge wear; remainder mark on bottom edge otherwise no marks or writing. New preface by the author.; Trade PB; 381 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1997-06-01
ISBN-13:9780140263343ISBN:0140263349
Description: New in New jacket. New, unread copy with remainder mark. We ship 6 days a week, generally within 24 hours; single CDs and DVDs upgraded to 1st class! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York
Date Published: 1982
ISBN-13:9780394710655ISBN:0394710657
Description: Good with no dust jacket. 0394710657. Square, tight binding. Clean and bright pages. Owner's name on first page. Occasional underlined passages throughout. Wraps ahve light handling wewar. 381 pp. Literary history of the Harlem Renaissance as well as the cultural setting of Harlem in the 1920s.; 7.5" (19 cm) Tall. read more
Description: Very Good. Oxford University Press TPB, 1989, 3rd printing. Clean, gently read, light wear corners and edges, no highlighting or markings. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780195059694ISBN:0195059697
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. soft crease down front cover. light tip/edge wear. owner inscribed. light browning. one very slight crease in spine. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Date Published: 1997-06-01
ISBN-13:9780140263343ISBN:0140263349
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780140263343ISBN:0140263349
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Edition: 3rd printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780195059694ISBN:0195059697
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xiv, 381 pp., [16] leaves of plates, illus.; 21 cm. First published, 1981. Tight, clean copy. Browning. read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780140263343ISBN:0140263349
Description: Acceptable. Former Library Book and/or book has writing/highlighting * If you can deal with the writing/markings, this is a great deal! * read more
"Dr. David Lewis has a knack for capturing the spirit and embodiment of the early 20th century in black America. Read his dual-volume W.E.B. Du Bois biographies if you need proof of this. It's like he spent every waking day with the scholar, as opposed to a few minutes in his youth.
With "When Harlem Was In Vogue," Lewis does the same thing. He turns the Harlem Renaissance and 1910s-1930s Harlem itself from his research subject to his experience. He tells the stories of Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Alain Locke, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay and countless others in depth and how they intertwined and formed what we now call the "Harlem Renaissance." Away from these "New Negroes", Lewis also does a fine job establishing the moods present at the time, from weariness to racial oppression to radicalism on part of Marcus Garvey and certain artists of the period.
Great read, but - with Lewis "being there" and all - it gets a bit wordy...like this review."
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