Smoke, Lilies and Jade
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Smoke, Lilies and Jade is a groundbreaking 1926 modernist short story by Richard Bruce Nugent, celebrated for its experimental stream-of-consciousness style and candid portrayal of Black queer desire during the Harlem Renaissance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Smoke, Lilies and Jade canonical | 3 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Harlem Renaissance literature
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modernist work ⓘ short story ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
The New Negro (anthology)
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surface form:
New Negro movement
|
| author | Richard Bruce Nugent ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception | considered groundbreaking in queer Black literature ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
African American modernism
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surface form:
African-American modernism
|
| featuresCharacter |
Alex
ⓘ
Beauty ⓘ Melva ⓘ |
| firstPublicationType | literary magazine ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Fire!! ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
ⓘ
LGBT literature ⓘ modernist fiction ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
jade
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lilies ⓘ smoke ⓘ |
| hasNarrator | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
artistic self-discovery
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bisexuality ⓘ bohemian lifestyle ⓘ |
| influencedField |
Black queer studies
ⓘ
LGBT literary criticism ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | short fiction ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 20th-century American literature ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| movement | Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique | stream of consciousness ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early depiction of Black gay male desire in American literature
ⓘ
innovative use of ellipses and interior monologue ⓘ |
| originalPublicationCity | New York City ⓘ |
| portrays |
interracial relationships
ⓘ
non-normative gender and sexual identities ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1926 ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Harlem Renaissance
ⓘ
surface form:
Harlem Renaissance era
|
| style | experimental ⓘ |
| theme |
Black queer desire
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art and identity ⓘ race and sexuality ⓘ same-sex love ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | early 20th century ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.