Melvin B. Tolson (1898-1966) was both a participant in and historian of the Harlem Renaissance, probably the most significant movement in African American literature and culture. Known mostly for his poetry, and an unduly neglected figure in American literary history, Tolson was one of the first African American critics of the Harlem Renaissance. This book is an edition of his 1940 MA thesis, the first academic study of the Harlem Renaissance written by an African American scholar. Tolson's thesis, previously unpublished in its entirety, provides a unique look at this important era and...
Melvin B. Tolson (1898-1966) was both a participant in and historian of the Harlem Renaissance, probably the most significant movement in African A...
Featured in the film "The Great Debaters," Melvin B. Tolson was not only a debate coach but one of black America's most important modernist voices. This first complete collection of his poetic work, brilliantly annotated by Raymond Nelson, gives Tolson his proper place in American poetry.
Featured in the film "The Great Debaters," Melvin B. Tolson was not only a debate coach but one of black America's most important modernist voices. Th...
