{"product_id":"library-of-america-harlem-renaissance-novels-collectionisbn-9781598530995","title":"Library of America Harlem Renaissance Novels Collection","description":"HARLEM RENAISSANCE: Five Novels of the 1920s leads off with Jean  Toomer's \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCane\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (1923), a unique fusion of fiction, poetry,  and drama rooted in Toomer's experiences as a teacher in Georgia.  Toomer's masterpiece was followed within a few years by a cluster of  novels exploring black experience and the dilemmas of black identity in  a variety of modes and from different angles. Claude McKay's \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHome  to Harlem\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (1928), whose freewheeling, impressionistic, bawdy  kaleidoscope of Jazz Age nightlife made it a best seller, traces the  picaresque adventures of Jake, a World War I veteran, within and beyond  Harlem. Nella Larsen's \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuicksand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (1928), the poignant,  nuanced psychological portrait of a woman caught between the two worlds  of her mixed Scandinavian and African American heritage; Jessie Redmon  Fauset's \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlum Bun\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (1928), the richly detailed account of  a young art student's struggles to advance her career in a society full  of obstacles both overt and insidiously concealed; and Wallace  Thurman's \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Blacker the Berry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (1929), with its  anguished, provocative look at prejudice and exclusion as it tells of a  new arrival in Harlem searching for love, each in its distinct way  testifies to the enduring power of the Harlem ferment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIBRARY OF AMERICA\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.\u003cb\u003eRAFIA ZAFAR\u003c\/b\u003e, editor, is a professor of English with joint  appointments in the African \u0026amp; African American Studies and American  Culture Studies programs at Washington University in St. Louis. She is  the author of \u003ci\u003eWe Wear the Mask: African Americans Write American  Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, 1760-1870 (1997) and the book-length study \"Fictions of  the Harlem Renaissance,\" which appears in the sixth volume of \u003ci\u003eThe  Cambridge History of American Literature\u003c\/i\u003e (2002). She has also  edited \u003ci\u003eNew Essays on Harriet Jacobs and Incidents in the Life of a  Slave Girl\u003c\/i\u003e (1996; with Deborah Garfield), and \u003ci\u003eGod Made Man\u003c\/i\u003e,  \u003ci\u003eMan Made the Slave: The Autobiography of George Teamoh\u003c\/i\u003e (1992;  with F. N. Boney and R. L. Hume).","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305474117861,"sku":"NP9781598530995","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781598530995.jpg?v=1730760610","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/library-of-america-harlem-renaissance-novels-collectionisbn-9781598530995","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}