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National Poetry Ser.: Nigger Heaven by Carl Van Vechten (1999, Trade Paperback)

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No other contemporary novel received the volume and intensity of criticism and curiosity that greeted Nigger Heaven upon its publication in 1926. Carl Van Vechten's novel generated a storm of controversy because of its scandalous title and fed an insatiable hunger on the part of the reading public for material relating to the black culture of ......

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Publisher
University of Illinois Press
ISBN-10
0252068602
ISBN-13
9780252068607
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1577825

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Book Title
Nigger Heaven
Author
Carl Van Vechten
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
African American / General, General, American / General
Publication Year
1999
Genre
Literary Criticism, Fiction
Number of Pages
336 Pages

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Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Ps3543.A653n5 2000
Reviews
''One of the best-selling novels of the Harlem Renaissance ... [this volume has been] out of print for much of the past seventy years... Van Vechten has long been a subject of fervid debate... He was committed to black achievement and creativity but also to the idea that that creativity and achievement only take certain, often racially exaggerated, forms... It seems increasingly incongruous that one of the era's most controversial texts should remain under wraps. 'We're ready now.'' -- Casey Greenfield, Lingua Franca
Copyright Date
1926
Lccn
99-036777
Dewey Decimal
813/.5/2
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
National Poetry Ser.
Dewey Edition
21

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