Nella Larsen, novelist of the Harlem Renaissance : a woman's life unveiled

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Label

Nella Larsen, novelist of the Harlem Renaissance : a woman's life unveiled

Title remainder

a woman's life unveiled

Statement of responsibility

Thadious M. Davis

Creator

• Davis, Thadious M., 1944-

Subject

• African American women novelists -- Biography
• African Americans in literature
• Biographies
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century
• African American librarians -- New York (State) | New York -- Biography
• Larsen, Nella
• Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
• Harlem Renaissance

Genre

• Biography
• Biographies

Language

eng

Summary

Nella Larsen (1891-1964) is recognized as one of the most influential, and certainly one of the most enigmatic, writers of the Harlem Renaissance. With the instant success of her two novels, Quicksand (1928) and Passing (1929), she became a bright light in New Yorkʼs literary firmament. But her meteoric rise was followed by a surprising fall: In 1930 she was accused of plagiarizing a short story, and soon thereafter she disappeared from both the literary and African American worlds of New York. She lived the rest of her life - more than three decades - out of the public eye, working primarily as a nurse. In a remarkable achievement, Thadious Davis has penetrated the fog of mystery that has surrounded Larsen to present a detailed and fascinating account of the life and work of this gifted, determined, yet vulnerable artist. In addition to unraveling the details of Larseʼs personal life, Davis deftly situates the writer within the broader politics and aesthetics of the Harlem Renaissance and analyzes her life and work in terms of the current literature on race and gender

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 813/.52
• B

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

PS3523.A7225

LC item number

Z63 1994

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography