Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance

"'Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance' is a stunningly original book. Opposing the view of earlier critics such as Nathan Huggins, that the Harlem Renaissance was a failure, Professor Baker redefines modernism and establishes a case for a distinctly Afro-American version of that movement....Rejecting the limitations of a traditionalist approach to modernism, Baker proposes the concept of 'mastery of form' and 'deformation of mastery' as more suitable strategies for the interpretation of Afro-American discourse."Baker, Houston A., Jr. is the author of 'Modernism and the Harlem Renaissance', published 1989 under ISBN 9780226035253 and ISBN 0226035255.