| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- In the Middle : Toomer ; Larsen -- Endgame : Larsen ; Toomer -- Childhood : Toomer ; Larsen -- Invisible Darkness |
| Summary |
Invisible Darkness offers a striking interpretation of the tortured lives of the two major novelists of the Harlem Renaissance: Jean Toomer, author of Cane (1923), and Nella Larsen, author of Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929). Charles R. Larson examines the common belief that both writers "disappeared" after the Harlem Renaissance and died in obscurity; he dispels the misconception that they vanished into the white world and lived unproductive and unrewarding lives. In clear, jargon-free language, Larson demonstrates the opposing views that both writers had about their work v |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-231) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
|
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
|
Print version record |
| Subject |
Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967.
|
|
Larsen, Nella
|
| SUBJECT |
Larsen, Nella fast |
|
Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967 fast |
|
Toomer, Jean, (1894-1967) ram |
|
Toomer, Jean, (1894-1967) -- Critique et interprétation. ram |
|
Larsen, Nella, (1891-1964) ram |
| Subject |
American fiction -- African American authors -- History and criticism
|
|
American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism
|
|
Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
|
|
African American novelists -- Biography
|
|
African Americans in literature.
|
|
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
|
|
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- African American.
|
|
African American novelists
|
|
African Americans in literature
|
|
American fiction
|
|
American fiction -- African American authors
|
|
Novelists, American
|
|
Négritude dans la littérature.
|
|
Roman américain -- 20e siècle -- Histoire et critique.
|
|
Harlem Renaissance.
|
|
Roman américain -- Auteurs noirs américains -- Histoire et critique.
|
|
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
|
| Genre/Form |
Biographies
|
|
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
|
|
Biographies.
|
|
Biographies.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
1587291304 |
|
9781587291302 |
|
