Infants of the Spring (Masterplots II: African American Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Wallace Thurman
- First Published: 1932
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Satire
- Time of Work: The mid-1920’s
- Setting: Harlem, New York
- Principal Characters: Raymond Taylor, Paul Arbian, Stephen Jorgenson, Samuel Carter, Eustace Savoy, Pelham Gaylord (George Jones), Euphoria Blake, Lucille
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: African Americans, Social action, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Suicide, Authors or writers, New York City, Art or artists, Friendship, Harlem Renaissance, Harlem, 1920’s, Rape, Creative process, Denmark or Danish people, Painting or painters
- Locales: Harlem, NY
The Novel
Infants of the Spring is a satire of the temper and of the major and minor figures of the Harlem Renaissance. As such, the novel details a number of artists and their struggles to be faithful to their artistic visions, along with their knowledge that what they produce has consequences for African Americans as a group. Efforts to maintain artistic integrity while promoting social causes produce individuals who are often culturally confused and display divided loyalties.
The characters who live at Niggeratti Manor, a fictional Harlem brownstone that has a...
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