{"product_id":"vicious-modernism-black-harlem-and-the-literary-imagination-paperback-9780521123303","title":"Vicious Modernism; Black Harlem and the Literary Imagination (Paperback) 9780521123303","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVicious Modernism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBlack Harlem and the Literary Imagination\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book concentrates on the aesthetic and cultural force of Harlem, which inspired writers from Sherwood Anderson to Tom Wolfe.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames de Jongh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521123303, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 19 November 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e292 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.7 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHarlem, a quintessentially black city in the midst of a great modern metropolis, has piqued the imagination of writers and artists since the turn of the century. Its subsequent history as a legendary cultural centre and a notorious ghetto only intensified its mystique and inspired large numbers of writers, among them Sherwood Anderson, Federico Garcia Lorca, Fannie Hurst, James Baldwin, Ralph Ellison, Ishmael Reed, and Tom Wolfe. In Vicious Modernism, James de Jongh traces the evolution of the imaginative usage of Harlem by literary artists over the past seventy years. The book concentrates on the aesthetic and cultural force of the idea of Harlem, and de Jongh identifies three distinct phases in its evolution within the literary imagination: its promise as a cultural capital in the 1920s; the failure of that promise and the emergence of a ghetto in the 40s; and finally, following the race riots of the early 1960s, a shared vision of Harlem as cultural capital and contemporary slum.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Vicious Modernism\u003cbr\u003e Part I. the Legendary Capital: the 1920s and 1930s\u003cbr\u003e 1.The legendary capital\u003cbr\u003e 2. City of refuge\u003cbr\u003e 3. Crossing the color line\u003cbr\u003e 4. Me revoici, Harlem\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Emerging Ghetto: The 1940s and 1950s\u003cbr\u003e 5. The emerging ghetto\u003cbr\u003e 6. Go tell it on the mountain\u003cbr\u003e 7. Montage of a dream deferred\u003cbr\u003e 8. Megro de todo o mundo\u003cbr\u003e Part III. the Inner City: the 1960s and 1970s\u003cbr\u003e 9. The inner city\u003cbr\u003e 10. Jitterbugging in the streets\u003cbr\u003e 11. Echoes in a burnt building\u003cbr\u003e 12. Mumbo jumbo\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: black Harlem and the literary imagination\u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006044786968,"sku":"9780521123303","price":35.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521123303i_5bffb6d7-39b2-4676-bc2f-754f4b1685cd.jpg?v=1691371772","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/vicious-modernism-black-harlem-and-the-literary-imagination-paperback-9780521123303","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}