Artistic Ambassadors: Literary and International Representation of the New Negro Era

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Artistic Ambassadors Artistic Ambassadors Literary and International Representation of the New Negro Era brian russell roberts University of Virginia Press charlottesville and london University of Virginia Press© 2013 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper First published 2013 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Roberts, Brian Russell. Artistic ambassadors : literary and international representation of the new negro era / Brian Russell Roberts. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8139-3367-2 (cloth : acid-free paper) ISBN 978-0-8139-3368-9 (pbk. : acid-free paper) ISBN 978-0-8139-3369-6 (e-book) 1. American literature—African American authors—History and criticism. 2. African American diplomats. 3. African Americans—Intellectual life—19th century. 4. African Americans—Intellectual life—20th century. I. Title. PS153.N5R57 2013 810.9'896073—dc23 2012032767 A book in the American Literatures Initiative (ALI), a collaborative publishing project of NYU Press, Fordham University Press, Rutgers University Press, Temple University Press, and the University of Virginia Press. The Initiative is supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. For more information, please visit www.americanliteratures.org. For Norma ...