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Passing was published in April 1929 by Knopf in New York City. [62] Sales of the book were modest: Knopf produced three small print runs each under 2,000 copies. While early reviews were primarily positive, it received little attention beyond New York City.
- Nella Larsen, Carla Kaplan
- 1929
Aug 29, 2024 · Passing, novel by Nella Larsen, published in 1929. Larsen’s novel, which closely followed her prizewinning Quicksand (1928), explores the complexities of racial identity in early 20th-century New York.
- Nicky Marsh
Passing was written during the Harlem Renaissance, a period spanning the 1920s during which black literature, intellectual thought, music, and art flourished. During this effervescent decade, writers and thinkers like Nella Larsen, poet Langston Hughes, novelist Zora Neal Hurston, and activists Marcus Garvey and W.E.B. Dubois mingled in Harlem ...
An underrated, thought-provoking classic written in the 1920s, Passing is a story of two women navigating race and identity in a segregated society, and interestingly still reflective of today’s world, where privilege can hinge on melanin levels and Eurocentric beauty standards.
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Nov 10, 2021 · Published in 1929, during the Harlem Renaissance — a movement its author was deeply entrenched in — Passing caused more of a ripple than a sensation at its release, with critical acclaim far ...
Apr 2, 2020 · Passing by Nella Larsen (1891 – 1964), published in 1929, is one of the most iconic novels of the Harlem Renaissance era, the New York City-centered movement that celebrated the ascendence of Black writers, artists, and performers.
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Clare Kendry is living on the edge. Light-skinned, elegant, and ambitious, she is married to a racist white man unaware of her African American heritage, and has severed all ties to her past after deciding to “pass” as a white woman.
