American Literature in Transition, 1930–1940 gathers together in a single volume preeminent critics and historians to offer an authoritative, analytic, and th

The volume explores 1930s African American writing to examine Black life, culture, and politics to document the ways Black artists and everyday people managed t

In the aftermath of World War II, the United States emerged as the dominant imperial power, and in US popular memory, the Second World War is remembered more vi

American Literature in Transition, 1920–1930 examines the dynamic interactions between social and literary fields during the so-called Jazz Age. It situates t

This book analyses historical, literary, and cultural shifts in African American literature from the 1920s-1930s.