Scruggs, Charles.

The Sage in Harlem : H. L. Mencken and the Black Writers of the 1920s / Charles Scruggs. - 1 online resource (228 pages). - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Why Mencken? -- Mencken and "the colored brother" -- The age of satire: the teacher and his pupils -- The dream of the secular city: Mencken, Locke, and the "little American renaissance" -- Et tu Mencken? The end of the romance -- The Negro novel and the limits of realism -- Epilogue.

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Mencken, H. L. 1880-1956.
Mencken, H. L. 1880-1956 --Contemporaries.


Race relations in literature.
Race relations.
Intellectual life.
Harlem Renaissance.
Contemporaries.
American literature--African American authors.
American literature.
African Americans--Intellectual life.
African Americans in literature.
Harlem Renaissance.
Harlem Renaissance.
Relations raciales dans la litterature.
Noirs americains dans la litterature.
Noirs americains--Vie intellectuelle--20e siecle.
Litterature americaine--Histoire et critique.--20e siecle
Harlem Renaissance.
Race relations in literature.
African Americans in literature.
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
American literature--History and criticism.--20th century
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.


United States.
New York (State)--New York--Harlem.
États-Unis--Relations raciales.
United States--Race relations.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Intellectual life--20th century.


Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.