Description |
1 online resource (583 pages) |
Series |
The collected Black writings series |
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Collected Black writings series.
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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 |
Notes |
Print version record |
SUBJECT |
Locke, Alain LeRoy 1886-1954 gnd |
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African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
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African American arts.
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American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism
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African Americans -- Race identity.
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
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PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
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African American arts
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African Americans -- Civil rights
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African Americans -- Intellectual life
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African Americans -- Race identity
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American literature -- African American authors
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Philosophie
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Noirs américains -- Identité collective.
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Noirs américains -- Droits.
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Noirs américains -- Vie intellectuelle -- 20e siècle.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Molesworth, Charles, 1941- editor, writer of introduction.
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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., writer of foreword.
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ISBN |
9780199795093 |
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0199795096 |
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9781280595868 |
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1280595868 |
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