The Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance was an explosion of African-American arts and letters in in 1920s and 1930s.

For the GRE Literature exam, associate the following writers with the Harlem Renaissance.

For authors in bold, a general familiarity with their works and and biographies is preferred. For the other authors listed, knowing the titles of one major work each will suffice.

1. James Baldwin
-Notes on a Native Son
-Go Tell It on the Mountain
2. Richard Wright
3. Ralph Ellison
-The Invisible Man
4. Langston Hughes
5. Zora Neale Hurston
-Their Eyes Were Watching God (parallels with the Odyssey)
6. Countee Cullen
7. James Weldon Johnson