Spoofing the Modern: Satire in the Harlem Renaissance

by Darryl Dickson-Carr

Book Overview

An examination of satirical texts from the first major African American literary movement

Spoofing the Modern is the first book devoted solely to studying the role satire played in the movement known as the "New Negro," or Harlem, Renaissance from 1919 to 1940. As the first era in which African American writers and artists enjoyed frequent access to and publicity from major New York-based presses, the Harlem Renaissance helped...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611174929
• ISBN13: 9781611174922
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"