James L. de Jongh
Professor Emeritus, The City College. English
Degrees/Diplomas: Ph.D., New York University
Campus Affiliation: City College of New York|CUNY Graduate Center
Research Interests: African-American literature; Harlem Renaissance and Africana literatures of the black awakening; African American literary modernism; American slavery in literature.
Theory Group Field Specialization: African American Writings and Poetics
Chronological Period Specialization: American Literature to 1900|Twentieth-Century Literature
Selected Publications:
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"The Poet Speaks of Places: A Close Reading of Langston Hughes Literary Use of Place" in A Historical Guide to Langston Hughes (Oxford U. Press, 2004).
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Vicious Modernism: Black Harlem and the Literary Imagination (Cambridge University Press, 1990/1991).
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"How a Playwright Sees," Black Masks, vol. 11, No. 1 (December 1994/January 1995), pp. 13-14.
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"Where Are the Intellectuals?: A Round Table Discussion with James de Jongh, Morris Dickstein, Martin Duberman, Louis Menand, and Sharon Zukin," Thesis, Vol. 8, No. 2 (Fall, 1994), pp. 12-21.
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Play to Win, (play) with Carles Cleveland & Jimi Foster (New York; Samuel French, Inc., 1993).
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Do Lord Remember Me (New York; Samuel French, Inc., 1983).