The Walls of Jericho |
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| Author:
| Fisher, Rudolph |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7661-9582-0 |
| Publication Date: | May 2005 |
| Publisher: | Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.95 |
Book Description:
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1928. Rudolph Fisher is considered one of the major or key literary figures of the Renaissance. Fisher along with Hughes, Cullen, Hurston, and Thurman made up the core of the young writers who launched the Renaissance movement. He was an active and dominant part of the black literary bohemia that dominated black literature in the 1920s and early 1930s. The Walls of Jericho is his first novel and he presents a cross section of black life in Harlem. He features the pretentious dickties,...
More Description1928. Rudolph Fisher is considered one of the major or key literary figures of the Renaissance. Fisher along with Hughes, Cullen, Hurston, and Thurman made up the core of the young writers who launched the Renaissance movement. He was an active and dominant part of the black literary bohemia that dominated black literature in the 1920s and early 1930s. The Walls of Jericho is his first novel and he presents a cross section of black life in Harlem. He features the pretentious dickties, the earthy rats, and the various white visitors who frequent the black ghetto. Contents: Jericho; Uplift; Jive; Walls; Battle; and Jericho. An Introduction to Contemporary Harlemese.