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Title: Nigger Heaven by Carl Van Vechten, Kathleen Pfeiffer ISBN: 0-252-06860-2 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (3 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: An under appreciated work from an appreciated artist
Comment: Nigger Heaven was/is a highly controversal novel that came out during the Harlem Renaissance as noted before. I think for all that it is worth, Van Vetchen influenced a lot of the writers of the Harlem Renaissance. His importance to the period is fact,however one should look at the work before they judge it. It is an interesting look at how this work ignited the fire that fueled the lore of white america to black america; combining the once divided country.
Rating: 3
Summary: Negro Heaven
Comment: Van Vechten's work, which gained its title from an old slang reffering to the back of the theatre, illuminated the complexity of "white Negrophilia" at a historical moment in which "white reconnaissance missions" to Harlem were becoming more popular. Ultimately, Nigger Heaven served not only "as a test-case for black attitudes about white Negrophilia," it also stood as a touchstone for the economic crisis facing black publishing. The publishing of Nigger Heaven signaled the importance of fostering Black literary venues and raised significant questions for Harlem Renaissance writers as to their audience, their tradition, and their relations within a community.
Rating: 3
Summary: Silly title, mediocre book
Comment: This book is a re-release of a book written during the Harlem Renaissance. There will much debate when the re-release hits shelves, just like when it first came out. The problem is, it's only a mediocre book. The author used the title to garner attention; unfortunately the book isn't good enough to warrant it. It's only a decent read at best. But, I would recommend reading it if for no other reason than so that you can know what everyone is talking about when the fireworks begin.
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Title: Home to Harlem by Claude McKay, Wayne M. Cooper ISBN: 1555530249 Publisher: Northeastern University Press Pub. Date: December, 1987 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: The New Negro by Alain Locke ISBN: 0684838311 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Plum Bun: A Novel Without a Moral by Jessie Redmon Fauset ISBN: 0807009199 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 15 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Infants of the Spring (The Northeastern Library of Black Literature) by Wallace Thurman, Amritjit Singh ISBN: 1555531288 Publisher: Northeastern University Press Pub. Date: July, 1992 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: When Harlem Was in Vogue by David Levering Lewis ISBN: 0140263349 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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