Lost Plays of the Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1940

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Wayne State University Press, Oct 1, 1996 - Social Science - 468 pages
A valuable contribution to African American literary and theatrical scholarship, this volume is a compilation of sixteen plays written during the Harlem Renaissance, brought together for the first time and set in a historical context.

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Contents

Introduction
9
On the Fields of France 1920
23
George S Schuyler
45
Alvira Hazzard
61
SonBoy1928
76
RalfM Coleman
93
John Frederick Matheus
107
Burris
125
Mercedes Gilbert
201
Francis Hall Johnson
227
Conrad Seller
281
Langston Hughes
331
The EmFuehrer Jones 1920
358
Documents Relevant to
391
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Lost Plays of the Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1940
James Vernon Hatch,Leo Hamalian
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TitleLost Plays of the Harlem Renaissance, 1920-1940
African American life series
AuthorJames V. Hatch
EditorsJames V. Hatch, Leo Hamalian
PublisherWayne State University Press, 1996
ISBN081433833X, 9780814338339
Length468 pages
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Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
  
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