Description |
xiii, 358 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction -- Pt. 1. A niche somewhere -- Pt. 2. Nigger heaven -- Pt. 3. Letters from Blacks -- Author's note. |
Summary |
By the time of his death in 1964, Carl Van Vechten had been a far-sighted journalist, a best-selling novelist, a consummate host, an exhaustive archivist, a prescient photographer, and a Negrophile bar non. A white man with an abiding passion for blackness. |
Subject |
Van Vechten, Carl, 1880-1964 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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African Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Intellectual life.
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
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African Americans in literature.
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Harlem Renaissance.
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Added Title |
Portrait in black and white. |
ISBN |
9780300121995 (cloth : alk. paper) : $30.00 |
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0300121997 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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