The Harlem Renaissance was the most influential single movement in African American literary history.
It aims to re-frame.
In its attention to a wide range of genres and forms - from the roman clef and the bildungsroman, to dance and book illustrations - this book seeks to encapsulate and analyze the eclecticism of Harlem Renaissance cultural expression.
The movement laid the groundwork for subsequent African American literature, and had an enormous impact on later black literature world-wide.
The Harlem Renaissance was the most influential single movement in African American literary history