The Plays of Georgia Douglas Johnson

by Georgia Douglas Johnson

2006 · University of Illinois Press

"This volume collects twelve of Georgia Douglas Johnson's plays, including three never-before-published scripts found in the Library of Congress. As an integral part of Washington, D.C.'s, thriving turn-of-the-century literary scene, Johnson hosted regular meetings with Harlem Renaissance writers and other artists, including Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes, May Miller, and Jean Toomer, and was herself considered among the finest writers of the time. As a leading authority on Johnson, Judith L. Stephens provides an overview of Johnson's career and significance as a playwright; sections on the creative environment in which she worked; selected photographs; and a discussion of Johnson's genres, themes, and artistic techniques." --