The new Negro : an interpretation

Resource Information

The work The new Negro : an interpretation represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The new Negro : an interpretation

Title remainder

an interpretation

Statement of responsibility

edited by Alain Locke ; book decoration and portraits by Winold Reiss

Contributor

• Locke, Alain, 1885-1954
• Douglas, Aaron
• Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953
• Albert & Charles Boni

Contributor

• Locke, Alain, 1885-1954

Editor

• Locke, Alain, 1885-1954

Illustrator

• Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953
• Douglas, Aaron

Publisher

• Albert & Charles Boni

Subject

• 1900-1999
• African Americans
• African Americans -- Intellectual life
• African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
• African Americans -- Literary collections
• African Americans in literature
• African Americans in literature
• American literature -- African American authors
• American literature -- African American authors -- 20th century
• American literature -- African American authors -- 20th century -- Bibliography
• American literature -- African American authors | History and criticism
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Drama
• Drama
• Electronic books
• Essays
• Essays
• Fiction
• Fiction
• Harlem Renaissance
• Harlem Renaissance -- Literary collections
• Literary collections
• Literary criticism
• Literary criticism
• Literature
• Poetry
• Poetry
• Songs
• Songs
• Bibliographies

Genre

• Essays
• Fiction
• Literary collections
• Literary criticism
• Literature
• Poetry
• Bibliographies
• Songs
• Bibliography
• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Drama
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

"The New Negro: An Interpretation is an anthology of fiction, poetry, and essays on African and African-American art and literature edited by Alain Locke, who lived in Washington, DC, and taught at Howard University during the Harlem Renaissance. As a collection of the creative efforts coming out of the burgeoning New Negro Movement or Harlem Renaissance, the book is considered by literary scholars and critics to be the definitive text of the movement ... The New Negro: An Interpretation dives into how the African Americans sought social, political, and artistic change. Instead of accepting their position in society, Locke saw the new negro as championing and demanding civil rights. In addition, his anthology sought to change old stereotypes and replaced them with new visions of black identity that resisted simplification. The essays and poems in the anthology mirror real life events and experiences. The anthology reflects the voice of middle class African American citizens that wanted to have equal civil rights like the white, middle class counterparts. However, some writers, such as Langston Hughes, sought to give voice to the lower, working class"--Wikipedia, viewed June 9, 2021

Member of

• Black thought and culture
• Black thought and culture

Action

digitized

Cataloging source

AZU

Dewey number

328

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits
• plates
• facsimiles

Index

no index present

LC call number

• E185.82
• E185.89.I56

LC item number

• .L75
• N4 1925

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography