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Author Locke, Alain, 1885-1954, author.

Title The works of Alain Locke / edited, with an introduction by Charles Molesworth ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (583 pages)
Series The collected Black writings series
Collected Black writings series.
Contents Literature -- Art, Drama and Music -- Esthetics -- Race -- Value and Culture -- Democracy
Summary "With the publication of The New Negro in 1925, Alain Locke introduced readers all over the U.S. to the vibrant world of African American thought. As an author, editor, and patron, Locke rightly earned the appellation "Godfather of the Harlem Renaissance." Yet, his intellectual contributions extend far beyond that single period of cultural history. Throughout his life he penned essays, on topics ranging from John Keats to Sigmund Freud, in addition to his trenchant social commentary on race and society. The Works of Alain Locke provides the largest collection available of his brilliant essays, gathered from a career that spanned forty years. They cover an impressively broad field of subjects: philosophy, literature, the visual arts, music, the theory of value, race, politics, and multiculturalism. Alongside seminal works such as "The New Negro" the volume features essays like "The Ethics of Culture," "Apropos of Africa," and "Pluralism and Intellectual Democracy." Together, these writings demonstrate Locke's standing as the leading African American thinker between W.E.B. Du Bois and Martin Luther King, Jr."--Publisher's website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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SUBJECT Locke, Alain LeRoy 1886-1954 gnd
Subject African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
African American arts.
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism
African Americans -- Race identity.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
African American arts
African Americans -- Civil rights
African Americans -- Intellectual life
African Americans -- Race identity
American literature -- African American authors
Philosophie
Noirs américains -- Identité collective.
Noirs américains -- Droits.
Noirs américains -- Vie intellectuelle -- 20e siècle.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
Author Molesworth, Charles, 1941- editor, writer of introduction.
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., writer of foreword.
ISBN 9780199795093
0199795096
9781280595868
1280595868
Other Titles Works. 2012