The African American roots of modernism from Reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance /

Smethurst, James Edward.

The African American roots of modernism from Reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance / [electronic resource] : James Smethurst. - Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2011. - x, 252 p. - The John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture . - John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






African Americans--Intellectual life--19th century.
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
African Americans--Segregation.
American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
Modernism (Literature)--United States.
Segregation in literature.


Electronic books.

PS153.N5 / S555 2011

810.9/896073