TY - BOOK AU - Scruggs,Charles ED - Project Muse. TI - The Sage in Harlem : : H. L. Mencken and the Black Writers of the 1920s / SN - 9781421430294 PY - 1984/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Mencken, H. L. KW - Race relations in literature KW - fast KW - Race relations KW - Intellectual life KW - Harlem Renaissance KW - Contemporaries KW - American literature KW - African American authors KW - African Americans KW - African Americans in literature KW - aat KW - Relations raciales dans la litterature KW - Noirs americains dans la litterature KW - Noirs americains KW - Vie intellectuelle KW - 20e siecle KW - Litterature americaine KW - Histoire et critique KW - 20th century KW - History and criticism KW - United States KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Harlem KW - États-Unis KW - Relations raciales KW - Harlem (New York, N.Y.) KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - 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; Open Access UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/67865/ ER -