American Voices of the Chicago Renaissance
Lisa Woolley
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Description for American Voices of the Chicago Renaissance
Hardback. The Chicago Renaissance expressed the new tone and pace of American life in the 20th century. This work expands the story of the Renaissance to encompass women and African-American writers, and illuminates how Chicago writing came to be considered distinctly American. Num Pages: 250 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 413.
Sherwood Anderson's plain spoken language typifies the spirit of the Chicago Renaissance, a movement that expressed the new tone and pace of American life in the twentieth century. Challenging established English usage by boldly experimenting with a variety of dialects, Chicago authors created a modern urban idiom.
Woolley expands the story of the Chicago Renaissance to encompass women and African American writers, including reformers Jane Addams and Ida B. Wells, magazine founders Harriet Monroe and Margaret Anderson, and Bronzeville poet Fenton Johnson, in addition to famous writers such as Carl Sandburg and Vachel Lindsay. These ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Number of Pages
190
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780875802589
SKU
V9780875802589
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99-15
Reviews for American Voices of the Chicago Renaissance
"Provides a significant contribution to American language and literature."—Sidney Bremer, University of Wisconsin, Marinette