Lost Plays of the Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1940

by Leo Hamalian

Book Overview

This compilation of sixteen plays written during the Harlem Renaissance brings together for the first time the works of Langston Hughes, George S. Schuyler, Francis Hall Johnson, Shirley Graham, and others. In the introduction, James V. Hatch sets the plays in a historical context as he describes the challenges presented to artists by the political and social climate of the time. The topics of the plays cover the realm of the
human experience...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814325807
• ISBN13: 9780814325803
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12

Customer Reviews

Satisfied Customer

I was interested in the plays written by African-Americans during the Harlem Renaissance and this book has been great reading for me during my regular reading hours.