The Sleeper wakes : Harlem renaissance stories by women / edited and with an introduction by Marcy Knopf ; foreword by Nellie Y. McKay.

Other author Knopf-Newman, Marcy Jane, 1969-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©1993.
Descriptionxxxix, 277 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
American fiction--African American authors.
African Americans--New York (State). --New York. --Social life and customs. --Fiction.
African American women--Social life and customs. --Fiction.
American fiction--New York (State). --New York.
American fiction--Women authors.
Harlem Renaissance.
African Americans--New York (State). --New York. --Fiction.
African American women--Fiction.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Intellectual life. --20th century. --Fiction.

Contents Sleeper wakes ; Double trouble ; Mary Elizabeth / Jessie Redmon Fauset -- Wedding day / Gwendolyn Bennett -- Free / Georgia Douglas Johnson -- Funeral ; Typewriter ; Prologue to a life / Dorothy West -- One boy's story ; Drab rambles ; Nothing new / Marita Bonner -- Closing door / Angelina Weld Grimke -- Bathesda of Sinners Run / Maude Irwin Owens -- Foolish and the wise: Sallie Runner is introduced to Socrates and Sanctum 777 N.S.D.C.O.U. meets Cleopatra / Leila Amos Pendleton -- Cross crossings cautiously ; Three dogs and a rabbit / Anita Scott Coleman -- Blue Aloes ; To a wild rose / Ottie Beatrice Graham -- His great career ; Summer session / Alice Dunbar-Nelson -- Masks ; Mademoiselle Tasie / Eloise Bibb Thompson -- John Redding goes to sea ; Bone of contention / Zora Neale Hurston -- Sanctuary ; Wrong man ; Freedom / Nella Larsen.
Local noteLittle-308067--305131015312P
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 273-277).
LCCN 92030446
ISBN0813519446 (cloth) :
ISBN0813519454 (pbk.) :

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks PS647.A35 S58 1993 ✔ Available Place Hold