Go Tell It on the Mountain (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: James Baldwin
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: 1880-1935
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: African Americans, Maturation or coming of age, Family or family life, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Parents and children, Racism, Sex or sexuality, Suicide, New York City, Sin or Original sin, 1930’s, Spiritual life or spirituality, Ministry or ministers, Inner cities or inner-city life, Oppression, Fathers, Adultery, Christianity, Faith
- Locales: Harlem, NY, South (U.S.)
Places Discussed
*Harlem. Predominantly African American neighborhood in New York City’s Upper Manhattan. Harlem is the scene of the real-time narrative of the novel, an urban community in which the lives of the central characters intertwine. Harlem is also symbolic of the historic northward migration of African Americans seeking escape from the Jim Crow South in the early twentieth century. As a physical marker of historical transition, Harlem symbolizes an ambiguous free space for the Grimes family, providing the sanctuary of a black-defined neighborhood in America, but...
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