Literary sisters Dorothy West and her circle : a biography of the Harlem Renaissance /

Mitchell, Verner D., 1957-

Literary sisters Dorothy West and her circle : a biography of the Harlem Renaissance / [electronic resource] : Verner D. Mitchell and Cynthia Davis. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012. - xi, 200 p., [12] p. of plates : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue -- "Nothing so broadening as travel": Porgy, 1929 -- The Benson Family comes to Boston -- Pauline Hopkins and African American literature in New England -- Boston girlhoods, 1910-1925 -- The youngest members of the Harlem Renaissance, 1926-1931 -- Russian interlude, literary salons, and challenge -- Epilogue.


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






West, Dorothy, 1907-1998 --Criticism and interpretation.


American literature--African American authors--History and criticism.
American literature--Women authors--History and criticism.
African American women--Intellectual life.
African American women in literature.
African American arts--New York (State)--New York.
Harlem Renaissance.


Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Intellectual life--20th century.


Electronic books.

PS153.N5 / M58 2012

813/.5209896073