Professor Davis (in the Spring 1991 Mississippi Quarterly) emphasizes his com-
bination of the best of traditional scholarship along with a continuing and sus-
tained awareness of his roots as Southern and Black. His scholarly career in-
cluded investigations which ranged from traditional American writers to re-
evaluations of neglected figures, including Jean Toomer, the subject of the es-
say by Davis included here.

This expanded book is meant as one more way of encouraging study and
good teaching--the kind of work accomplished by Hurston, Van Vechten, and
scholars such as Davis. We hope the paperback will encourage a new group of
students as we move towards the twenty-first century, while continuing to dem-
onstrate that the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance remains strong and provides
additional possibilities for literary and cultural analysis in the future. The paper-
back edition of The Harlem Renaissance Re-examined adds a new essay by
Robert A. Russ about Claude McKay, one by Jane Kuenz about George Schuyler,
as well as an expanded bibliography, a group of photographs, a chronology, and
an afterword by Carolyn C. Denard. It thereby extends the collaborative work
which led to the publication of the original book in 1988 and provides consider-
ably more information for scholars.

Victor A. Kramer
General Editor
Georgia State Literary Studies Series
( 1986-1993)
1996

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