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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812964503321

Autore

McKay Claude <1890-1948.>

Titolo

Home to Harlem [[electronic resource] /] / by Claude McKay ; foreword by Wayne F. Cooper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, : Northeastern University Press, 1987, c1928

ISBN

1-283-94895-8

1-55553-779-0

Edizione

[1st Northeastern University Press ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Collana

Northeastern library of Black literature

Disciplina

813.52

Soggetti

Race discrimination

African Americans

Harlem (New York, N.Y.) Fiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reprint. Originally published: New York : Harper, 1928. With new introd.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Content; FOREWORD; FIRST PART; I GOING BACK HOME; II ARRIVAL; III ZEDDY; IV CONGO ROSE; V ON THE JOB AGAIN; VI MYRTLE AVENUE; VII ZEDDY'S RISE AND FALL; VIII THE RAID OF THE BALTIMORE; IX JAKE MAKES A MOVE; SECOND PART; X THE RAILROAD; XI SNOWSTORM IN PITTSBURGH; XII THE TREEING OF THE CHEF; XIII ONE NIGHT IN PHILLY; XIV INTERLUDE; XV RELAPSE; XVI A PRACTICAL PRANK; XVII HE ALSO LOVED; XVIII A FAREWELL FEED; THIRD PART; XIX SPRING IN HARLEM; XX FELICE; XXI THE GIFT THAT BILLY GAVE

Sommario/riassunto

A novel that gives voice to the alienation and frustration of urban blacks during an era when Harlem was in vogue