Faculty Mentors
Dr. Beauty Bragg
Abstract
Through my book review of Houston A. Baker, Jr.’s Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance, I examine how well Baker ingeniously transforms the question defining Harlem Renaissance scholarship from “Why did the Harlem Renaissance fail?” to “How did the Harlem Renaissance marshal black aesthetic tradition to develop a form of modernism for the New Negro?” Baker’s bold refusal to limit scholarship to the question being asked engages current readers in a previously unreachable aspect of this momentous movement.
Recommended Citation
Cornelison, Destiny
(2019)
"Questioning the Question: Review of MODERNISM AND THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE,"
The Corinthian: Vol. 19, Article 6.
Available at:
https://kb.gcsu.edu/thecorinthian/vol19/iss1/6