Literature Vocab

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A narrative that uses symbols to convey a meaning not explicitly set forth in the text.

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Allegory

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The most popular jazz trumpeter of the time period, who toured extensively and helped popularize jazz music, particularly jazz inspired by the hybrid sounds of New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Armstrong, Louis

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A poet, critic, and educator associated with the Harlem Renaissance, though he criticized the movement for centering urban life and aligned himself with the New Negro Movement.

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Brown, Sterling A.

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The process by which an object, idea, or concept becomes something that can be bought or sold.

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Commodification

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A concept developed by Thorstein Veblen referring to the highly visible display of purchased goods, influencing social power.

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Conspicuous consumption

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President of the United States from 1923 to 1929; vice president under Harding from 1921–23.

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Coolidge, Calvin

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A slang term used by F. Scott Fitzgerald to refer to his gradual mental and physical decline due to poor health and alcoholism.

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“Crack-up”

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A modernist poet famous for his work The Bridge (1930) and his interest in bohemian lifestyles.

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Crane, Hart

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A Harlem Renaissance poet praised and criticized for his 'genteel' poetic style; married Nina Yolande Du Bois, daughter of W. E. B. Du Bois.

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Cullen, Countee

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An influential Black American educator, activist, and writer involved in the development of significant Black American political organizations, including the NAACP.

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Du Bois, W. E. B.