Double-Take: A Revisionist Harlem Renaissance Anthology
In this important new anthology, Venetria K. Patton and Maureen Honey bring together a comprehensive selection of texts from the Harlem Renaissance-a key period in the literary and cultural history of the United States. The collection revolutionizes our way of viewing this era, since it redresses the ongoing emphasis on the male writers of this time. Double-Take offers a unique, balanced collection of writers-men and women, gay and straight, familiar and obscure. Arranged by author, rather...
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Arranged by author, 23 essays and 155 creative pieces represent the artistic and intellectual range of the Harlem Renaissance. Featuring the work of women and men in equal numbers, and including overlooked writers as well as the major figures of the period, the book assembles poetry, short stories, drama, essays, and song lyrics. Artwork and illustrations from periodicals of the time are also included. Essays discuss the history of Harlem, jazz, discrimination against African Americans, and sexism. Brief biographies precede the work of each writer. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Library JournalWith this new anthology of Harlem Renaissance literature, Patton (Women in Chains: The Legacy of Slavery in Black Women's Fiction) and Honey (editor, Shadowed Dreams: Women's Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance), both at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, attempt to "restore and underline the importance of women's writing" and sexual orientation to the Harlem Renaissance. The balanced selection of women and men is similar to that found in Henry Louis Gates's Norton Anthology of African American Literature (LJ 2/01/97), but the inclusion of lesser-known figures and works is aimed at focusing on the ideology of the renaissance, gay and lesbian themes, and differences in gender-based issues. Countee Cullen, Nella Larsen, and Zora Neale Hurston are among the authors represented, and the selected works include essays, poetry, prose, and drama, with lyrics and visual art used as illustration. The editors also break with the tendency to define the beginning and end of the renaissance with political events by focusing on specific literary works, which allows them to broaden the period to 1916-37. Both editors have done previous research in the field of African American women's literature and include a biographical sketch of each writer to underline how their gender, class, and sexual orientation shaped their work. Necessary for all academic libraries. Paolina Taglienti, Long Island Univ. Lib., Brooklyn, NY Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
List of Illustrations and Song LyricsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionA Note on the TextChronologyThe New Negro3The New Negro - What Is He?7The Negro in American Literature10Closed Doors: A Study in Segregation17Harlem: The Culture Capital21A Point of View: An Opportunity Dinner Reaction28The Negro-Art Hokum36The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain40On Langston Hughes: I Am a Negro - and Beautiful45Criteria of Negro Art47Blueprint for Negro Writing52Characteristics of Negro Expression61Impressions of the Second Pan-African Congress75Africa for the Africans83Gift of the Black Tropics90The Caucasian Storms Harlem96The Task of Negro Womanhood103On Being Young - a Woman - and Colored109Woman's Most Serious Problem113Problems Facing Negro Young Women116The Legacy of the Ancestral Arts121Jazz at Home127The American Negro Paints134The Creation140Mother Night142The White Witch142My City144Violets147You! Inez!147I Sit and Sew148The Proletariat Speaks148His Great Career150The Heart of a Woman153Motherhood154The Octoroon154Escape155The Black Runner156Wishes156I Want to Die While You Love Me158Tramp Love159Plumes: A Folk Tragedy163El Beso171The Black Finger172The Want of You172Dusk172A Mona Lisa173Tenebris174Goldie174Rachel189White Things228Lady, Lady229Letter to My Sister229Grapes: Still-Life230Black Man o'Mine231Oriflamme234Here's April!234Words! Words!235Touche235La Vie C'Est la Vie236Mary Elizabeth237The Bronze Legacy (To a Brown Boy)243Exodus244The Bird in the Cage244The Quilt245Requiem247In Haiti Is Riot of Color-247Fog248'Cruiter257The Banjo Player268The Scarlet Woman270Tired270The Harlem Dancer272If We Must Die273Africa273America275Baptism275Harlem Shadows276To O.E.A.276Like a Strong Tree277The Tropics of New York277Mattie and Her Sweetman278The Chip Woman's Fortune287The Flight of the Natives303Wash Day314Definition314Black Baby316Black Faces316Negro Laughter317Two Old Women A-Shopping Go! A Story of Man, Marriage and Poverty317Passion324Spunk325Sweat329Color Struck338Sanctuary353Undertow360Song of the Son372Georgia Dusk373Portrait in Georgia374Blood-Burning Moon375And What Shall You Say?381Is It Because I Am Black?382Sonnet to Negro Soldiers382Rain Music383On the Fields of France384The City of Refuge388Miss Cynthie400The Voodoo's Revenge411Riding the Goat421One Boy's Story434The Pot Maker444Ma Rainey451Sam Smiley453Southern Road454Strong Men456The Negro Speaks of Rivers460Danse Africaine460Jazzonia461Song to a Negro Wash-Woman461Dream Variation462Desire463Poem [2]463The Weary Blues464The Midnight Nan at Leroy's465Lullaby466Listen Here Blues466Bound No'th Blues468Song for a Dark Girl469The Blues I'm Playing469Mulatto: A Tragedy of the Deep South476Heritage508To a Dark Girl508Hatred509Advice509Fantasy510Wedding Day511Tokens516The Last Citadel521God's Edict521Cordelia the Crude523Emma Lou526Golgotha Is a Mountain539Length of Moon541Nocturne at Bethesda541A Black Man Talks of Reaping544God Give to Men544The Return545A Summer Tragedy546Heritage555Sacrament558Tableau558Yet Do I Marvel559From the Dark Tower559Colored Blues Singer561To Certain Critics562Little Sonnet to Little Friends562Rainy Season Love Song564The Serving Girl564Lullaby565The Palm Wine Seller565No Images568Dust568The Radical569Shadow571Sahdji573Smoke, Lilies, and Jade!574Sahdji, an African Ballet583The Typewriter591The Black Dress597My Race601Magalu601The Road602Mother602Bottled602Poem604Sonnet to a Negro in Harlem605Dusk607Heritage608Insatiate608Poem ... for a Lover609Bibliography611Credits615Index of Writers and Artists617
\ Library JournalWith this new anthology of Harlem Renaissance literature, Patton (Women in Chains: The Legacy of Slavery in Black Women's Fiction) and Honey (editor, Shadowed Dreams: Women's Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance), both at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, attempt to "restore and underline the importance of women's writing" and sexual orientation to the Harlem Renaissance. The balanced selection of women and men is similar to that found in Henry Louis Gates's Norton Anthology of African American Literature (LJ 2/01/97), but the inclusion of lesser-known figures and works is aimed at focusing on the ideology of the renaissance, gay and lesbian themes, and differences in gender-based issues. Countee Cullen, Nella Larsen, and Zora Neale Hurston are among the authors represented, and the selected works include essays, poetry, prose, and drama, with lyrics and visual art used as illustration. The editors also break with the tendency to define the beginning and end of the renaissance with political events by focusing on specific literary works, which allows them to broaden the period to 1916-37. Both editors have done previous research in the field of African American women's literature and include a biographical sketch of each writer to underline how their gender, class, and sexual orientation shaped their work. Necessary for all academic libraries. Paolina Taglienti, Long Island Univ. Lib., Brooklyn, NY Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.\ \
