Carl Van Vechten and the Harlem Renaissance: A Critical Assessment

by Leon Coleman

Book Overview

This book evaluates Carl Van Vechten's contribution to the Harlem Renaissance by presenting hitherto unexamined documentary evidence. The author draws on correspondence, manuscripts, personal memorabilia, and published materials to examine the origins and development of the period in the 1920s which was termed the New Negro Renaissance. In the later years of the 1920s, as a result of the success of his novel, Nigger Heaven, Carl Van Vechten received...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138969869
• ISBN13: 9781138969865
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"