In Search of Nella Larsen: A Biography of the Color Line

Born to a Danish seamstress and a black West Indian cook in one of the Western Hemisphere's...
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Author: George Hutchinson
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In Search of Nella Larsen: A Biography of the Color Line by Hutchinson, George

In Search of Nella Larsen: A Biography of the Color Line

$173.65

In Search of Nella Larsen: A Biography of the Color Line

$173.65
Author: George Hutchinson
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

Born to a Danish seamstress and a black West Indian cook in one of the Western Hemisphere's most infamous vice districts, Nella Larsen (1891-1964) lived her life in the shadows of America's racial divide. She wrote about that life, was briefly celebrated in her time, then was lost to later generations--only to be rediscovered and hailed by many as the best black novelist of her generation. In his search for Nella Larsen, the mystery woman of the Harlem Renaissance, George Hutchinson exposes the truths and half-truths surrounding this central figure of modern literary studies, as well as the complex reality they mask and mirror. His book is a cultural biography of the color line as it was lived by one person who truly embodied all of its ambiguities and complexities.

Author of a landmark study of the Harlem Renaissance, Hutchinson here produces the definitive account of a life long obscured by misinterpretations, fabrications, and omissions. He brings Larsen to life as an often tormented modernist, from the trauma of her childhood to her emergence as a star of the Harlem Renaissance. Showing the links between her experiences and her writings, Hutchinson illuminates the singularity of her achievement and shatters previous notions of her position in the modernist landscape. Revealing the suppressions and misunderstandings that accompany the effort to separate black from white, his book addresses the vast consequences for all Americans of color-line culture's fundamental rule: race trumps family.

Author: George Hutchinson
Publisher: Belknap
Published: 05/30/2006
Pages: 624
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.65lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.60w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780674021808


Award: Independent Publisher Book Awards - Bronze Medal Winner


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/15/2006 pg. 16
Ebony 08/01/2006 pg. 30
New York Times 08/27/2006 pg. 20
Black Issues Book Review 09/01/2006 pg. 40
Booklist Editors Choice/Adult 01/01/2007 pg. 6
Booklist 02/01/2007 pg. 22
Library Journal 05/01/2006

About the Author
Hutchinson, George: - George Hutchinson is Professor of English and Newton C. Farr Professor of American Culture at Cornell University.

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