A01=Mary Hricko
African American Writers
African Americans
American Hunger
American literary modernism
arna
Author_Mary Hricko
Black Belt
bontemps
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Category=DSBH
Chicago Defender
Chicago literary renaissance scholarship
Chicago Renaissance
Chicago's Black Belt
Chicago’s Black Belt
city novel analysis
CPUSA
davis
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eq_biography-true-stories
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ethnic literature criticism
Farrell's Studs Lonigan
Farrell’s Studs Lonigan
Federal Writers's Project
frank
harlem
Harlem Renaissance
Irish Catholic Community
Irish Catholic Neighborhood
Jackson Park
John Reed Club
Lawd Today
lonigan
marita
marshall
Native Son
naturalism in literature
period
proletarian fiction studies
RICHARD WRIGHT
Simple Speaks
studs
Studs Lonigan
Studs Lonigan Trilogy
urban realism
Washington Park
Young Lonigan
Young Manhood
Young Men
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- ISBN 9780415542364
- Weight: 460g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 10 Oct 2012
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This study examines the genesis of Chicago's two identified literary renaissance periods (1890-1920 and 1930-1950) through the writings of Dreiser, Hughes, Wright, and Farrell. The relationship of these four writers demonstrates a continuity of thought between the two renaissance periods. By noting the affinities of these writers, patterns such as the rise of the city novel, the development of urban realism, and the shift to modernism are identified as significant connections between the two periods. Although Dreiser, Wright, and Farrell are more commonly thought of as Chicago writers, this study argues that Langston Hughes is a transitional, pivotal figure between the two periods. Through close readings and contextualization, the influence of Chicago writing on American literature--in such areas as realism and naturalism, as well as proletarian and ethnic fiction--becomes apparent.
Mary Hricko is an Associate Professor, Library & Media Services at Kent State University where she serves as the Library Director at the KSU Geauga Campus.
