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"[Smethurst] reveals how the Jim Crow system triggered significant intellectual responses from Black American writers, deeply marking the beginnings of literary modernism and, ultimately, notions of American modernity."—
-The Courier
"A richly insightful and informative account of the often occluded racial dynamics of early modernism, and . . . of the development of an American literature of urban modernity."
-Journal of American Studies
"A richly insightful and informative account of the often occluded racial dynamics of early modernism."
-Journal of American Studies
"Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty."
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"Meticulously researched and deeply insightful, The African American Roots of Modernism is an entirely fresh look at the role of African American literature and culture in the formation of American modernism."—Margo Natalie Crawford, Cornell University
Overview
The period between 1880 and 1918, at the end of which Jim Crow was firmly established and the Great Migration of African Americans was well under way, was not the nadir for black culture, James Smethurst reveals, but instead a time of profound response from African American intellectuals. The African American Roots of Modernism explores how the Jim Crow system triggered significant artistic and intellectual responses from African American writers, deeply marking the beginnings ...