Home to Harlem
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Home to Harlem is a 1928 novel by Claude McKay that vividly portrays the lives, culture, and struggles of Black residents in Harlem during the Harlem Renaissance.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Home to Harlem canonical | 4 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Claude McKay ⓘ |
| controversy | criticized for its portrayal of Black life ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| critic | W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ |
| criticizedBy | W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ |
| depicts |
African-American culture
ⓘ
Black working-class life ⓘ Harlem Renaissance ⓘ racial discrimination in the United States ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Banjo
ⓘ
Banjo ⓘ
surface form:
Banjo: A Story Without a Plot
|
| follows | Jake Brown’s return from World War I ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
ⓘ
Harlem Renaissance literature ⓘ realist novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9781555532951 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
depictions of World War I veterans
ⓘ
depictions of jazz culture ⓘ depictions of nightlife ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Black soldiers returning from war
ⓘ
labor and work in Harlem ⓘ romantic and sexual relationships ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Claude McKay’s experiences as a seaman
ⓘ
Claude McKay’s experiences in Harlem ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Harlem Renaissance ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Felice
ⓘ
Jake Brown ⓘ Ray ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being Claude McKay’s first novel
ⓘ
commercial success upon publication ⓘ |
| praisedFor |
use of African-American vernacular
ⓘ
vivid depiction of Harlem’s street life ⓘ |
| precededBy | Spring in New Hampshire and Other Poems ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1928 ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper & Brothers ⓘ |
| setting |
Harlem
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ |
| theme |
class struggle
ⓘ
migration and displacement ⓘ race and racism ⓘ search for identity ⓘ sexuality ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1920s ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Claude McKay