The Sage in Harlem : H. L. Mencken and the Black Writers of the 1920s /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Scruggs, Charles
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Mencken, H. L. > (Henry Louis), > 1880-1956. Mencken, H. L. > (Henry Louis), > 1880-1956 > Contemporaries. Race relations in literature. Race relations. Intellectual life. Harlem Renaissance. Contemporaries. American literature > African American authors. American literature. African Americans > Intellectual life. African Americans in literature. Relations raciales dans la litterature. Noirs americains dans la litterature. Noirs americains > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siecle. Litterature americaine > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique. African Americans > Intellectual life > 20th century. American literature > 20th century > History and criticism. American literature > African American authors > History and criticism. United States. New York (State) > New York > Harlem. États-Unis > Relations raciales. United States > Race relations. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Intellectual life > 20th century. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Why Mencken?
Mencken and "the colored brother"
The age of satire: the teacher and his pupils
The dream of the secular city: Mencken, Locke, and the "little American renaissance"
Et tu Mencken? The end of the romance
The Negro novel and the limits of realism
Epilogue.