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Apr 12, 2024 · Rudolph Fisher’s outstanding debut novel The Walls of Jericho, published in 1928, explores race and class issues during the 1920s Harlem Renaissance through the lens of Black lawyer Fred Merrit, who buys a home in a white neighborhood bordering Harlem.
May 4, 2020 · The walls of Jericho. Lawyer Ralph Merritt buys a house in a white neighborhood bordering Harlem. In their reactions to Merritt and to one another, Fishers' characters--including the prejudiced Miss Cramp who 'takes on causes the way sticky tape picks up lint, ' Merritt's housekeeper Linda, and Shine, his piano mover--provide an invaluable view ...
The Walls of Jericho is light on plot but rich in character, atmosphere, and color. In Harlem, a lawyer moves into a white neighborhood as a furniture mover looks for love. This is the first novel by Rudolph Fisher (1897-1934), a member of the Harlem Renaissance, who provides an energetic and insightful view of the black mecca of America.
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The Walls of Jericho. By Rudolph Fisher. Subjects: African American Studies, Literary Studies, American Literature, Sociology, Fiction. Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Imprint: University of Michigan Press. Paperback : 9780472065653, June 1994. See expanded detail +. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10675. Paperback $26.95 shopping_cart.
May 4, 2021 · Published in 1928, this first novel from Rudolph Fisher is a sly and witty social satire that is surprisingly contemporary in its portrait of race relations, not only between blacks and whites, but also within Depression era Harlem's black community.
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Rudolph Fisher’s outstanding debut novel The Walls of Jericho, published in 1928, explores race and class issues during the 1920s Harlem Renaissance through the lens of Black lawyer Fred Merrit, who buys a home in a white neighborhood bordering Harlem.
The Walls of Jericho. Rudolph Fisher. University of Michigan Press, 1994 - Fiction - 307 pages. Lawyer Ralph Merritt buys a house in a white neighborhood bordering Harlem.
