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Bontemps, Arna - 1902–73, African-American writer, b. Alexandria, La. He is best remembered as the author of the novel God Sends Sunday (1931), the basis of the play St. Louis Woman (1946); and of Black Thunder (1936), a tragic account of the slave insurrection led by Gabriel Prosser in Richmond, Va., in 1800. Bontemps was also an editor, anthologizer, and historian.

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Bontemps and the Old South, in African American Review » Read Now
by Kirkland C. Jones. 7 pgs.

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...and Dunbar. On June 4, 1973, Arna Bontemps died suddenly in Nashville of...Louisiana. By the time of his death, Arna Bontemps had established Louisiana as his...biography...
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Black American Poets and Dramatists of the Harlem Renaissance (Discussion of Arna Bontemps begins on p. 1) » Read Now
by Harold Bloom. 160 pgs.

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Out of the Midwest: A Collection of Present-Day Writing ("Rock Church Rock!" by Arna Bontemps begins on p. 31) » Read Now
by John T. Frederick. 408 pgs.

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...for "Rock, Church, Rock", by Arna Bontemps, from Common Ground , copyright...ROCK, CHURCH, ROCK! by Arna Bontemps from Common Ground 31...ROCK, CHURCH, ROCK! -- Arna...
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Black Thunder's Call for a Conjure Response to American Negro Slavery, in African American Review » Read Now
by Suzanne Lane. 15 pgs.

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Voodoo Fascism: Fascist Ideology in Arna Bontemps's Drums at Dusk, in MELUS » Read Now
by Mark Christian Thompson. 23 pgs.

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African American Authors, 1745-1945: Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook ("Arna Bontemps (1902-1973)" begins on p. 36) » Read Now
by Emmanuel S. Nelson. 528 pgs.

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There has been a dramatic resurgence of interest in early African American writing. The works of dozens of 18th and early 20th century black writers have been recovered and reprinted; there has been a significant revival of interest in the Harlem Renaissance; and several major assessments of 18th...
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There has been a dramatic resurgence of interest in early African American writing. The works of dozens of 18th and early 20th century black writers have been recovered and reprinted; there has been a significant revival of interest in the Harlem Renaissance; and several major assessments of 18th and 19th century African American literature have recently been published. This reference book provides alphabetically arranged entries for 78 African American writers active between 1745 and 1945. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a summary of the critical response to the author, and primary and secondary bibliographies. A selected, general bibliography concludes the volume.
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The Negro Genius: A New Appraisal of the Achievement of the American Negro in Literature and the Fine Arts (Chap. IX "The New Realists The Forerunners: Claude McKay, Langston Hughes, Eric Walrond, Rudolph Fisher, Sterling Brown, Zora Neale Hurston, Arna Bontemps") » Read Now
by Benjamin Brawley. 370 pgs.

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...Forerunners -- Claude McKay -- Langston Hughes -- Eric Walrond -- Rudolph Fisher -- Sterling Brown -- Zora Neale Hurston -- Arna Bontemps. 231 X DRAMA AND STAGE, 1916-1936...
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The Lonesome Boy Theme as Emblem for Arna Bontemps's Children's Literature, in African American Review » Read Now
by Joseph A. Alvarez. 9 pgs.

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...Lonesome Boy theme as emblem for Arna Bontempss childrens literature. by...Hughes wrote his longtime friend Arna Bontemps to congratulate him on the publication...this...
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The Afro-American Novel and Its Tradition ("Arna Wendell Bontemps (1902-1973)" begins on p. 101) » Read Now
by Bernard W. Bell. 426 pgs.

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...EUGENE TOOMER 96 ARNA WENDELL BONTEMPS 101 Genteel...and the historical romance of Arna Bontemps. Chapter 5 takes a close look...Johnson , Yale University Arna Bontemps ...