04131nam 2200745 a 450 991078997240332120200520144314.01-283-86440-10-8135-5213-310.36019/9780813552132(CKB)2670000000154890(OCoLC)785785256(CaPaEBR)ebrary10535587(SSID)ssj0000676183(PQKBManifestationID)11365321(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000676183(PQKBWorkID)10677650(PQKB)10806084(OCoLC)777375539(MdBmJHUP)muse17486(DE-B1597)529423(DE-B1597)9780813552132(Au-PeEL)EBL860795(CaPaEBR)ebr10535587(CaONFJC)MIL417690(OCoLC)1163878957(MiAaPQ)EBC860795(EXLCZ)99267000000015489020110110d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrLiterary sisters[electronic resource] Dorothy West and her circle : a biography of the Harlem Renaissance /Verner D. Mitchell and Cynthia DavisNew Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20121 online resource (216 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8135-5145-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Prologue -- "Nothing so broadening as travel": Porgy, 1929 -- The Benson Family comes to Boston -- Pauline Hopkins and African American literature in New England -- Boston girlhoods, 1910-1925 -- The youngest members of the Harlem Renaissance, 1926-1931 -- Russian interlude, literary salons, and challenge -- Epilogue.Harlem Renaissance writer Dorothy West led a charmed life in many respects. Born into a distinguished Boston family, she appeared in Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, then lived in the Soviet Union with a group that included Langston Hughes, to whom she proposed marriage. She later became friends with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who encouraged her to finish her second novel, The Wedding, which became the octogenarian author’s first bestseller. Literary Sisters reveals a different side of West’s personal and professional lives—her struggles for recognition outside of the traditional literary establishment, and her collaborations with talented African American women writers, artists, and performers who faced these same problems. West and her “literary sisters”—women like Zora Neale Hurston and West’s cousin, poet Helene Johnson—created an emotional support network that also aided in promoting, publishing, and performing their respective works. Integrating rare photos, letters, and archival materials from West’s life, Literary Sisters is not only a groundbreaking biography of an increasingly important author but also a vivid portrait of a pivotal moment for African American women in the arts. American literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticismAmerican literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticismAfrican American womenIntellectual lifeAfrican American women in literatureAfrican American artsNew York (State)New YorkHarlem RenaissanceHarlem (New York, N.Y.)Intellectual life20th centuryAmerican literatureAfrican American authorsHistory and criticism.American literatureWomen authorsHistory and criticism.African American womenIntellectual life.African American women in literature.African American artsHarlem Renaissance.813/.5209896073Mitchell Verner D.1957-1566217Davis Cynthia1946-1566218MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789972403321Literary sisters3836587UNINA