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.