a·vant-garde [uh-vahnt-gahrd, uh-vant-, av-ahnt-, ah-vahnt-; Fr. a-vahn-gard] 1. the advance group in any field, esp. in the visual, literary, or musical arts, whose works are characterized chiefly by unorthodox and experimental methods. –adjective 2. of or pertaining to the experimental treatment of artistic, musical, or literary material. 3. unorthodox or daring; radical. [Origin: 1475–85; in sense “vanguard”; < F: lit., fore-guard. Se
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Negre Nouveau, the revival
The New Negro—a compilation of literature by and essays about “New Negro” artists and black culture—became a “manifesto” of the movement. Some of black America’s foremost writers contributed stories and poems to the volume. The work of these artists drew upon the African-American experience and expressed a new pride in black racial identity and heritage. Several factors accounted for the birth of the movement and propelled it forward.
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