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by Marissa Constantinou (Editor), Kate Dossett (Introduction by)
Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This edition is edited by Marissa Constantinou and introduced by Professor Kate Dossett.
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that saw an explosion of Black art, music and writing, yet few female creatives are remembered alongside their male counterparts.
Author Biography
Women of the Harlem Renaissance features writing by: Carrie Williams Clifford, Clara Ann Thompson, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Nella Larsen, Leila Amos Pendleton, Eloise Bibb Thompson, Olivia Ward Bush, Gertrude Mossell, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Gwendolyn Bennett, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Angelina Weld Grimke and Marita Bonner.
Kate Dossett is an award-winning historian of the twentieth century United States. She has published widely on Black cultural and literary histories, including her prize-winning books, Bridging Race Divides: Black Feminism, Nationalism, and Integration, 1896-1935 and Radical Black Theatre in the New Deal. She is currently Professor of American History at the University of Leeds.
