/ en /research/report/2021-22/researchers-unravel-secrets-long-lost-novel <span>Researchers unravel secrets of long-lost novel</span> <span><span>Wendy Turnbull</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-10-11T05:00:00-06:00" title="Tuesday, October 11, 2022 - 05:00">Tue, 10/11/2022 - 05:00</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/2024-08/RR22-featured00_landscape-enhanced.jpg?h=3f8abde5&amp;itok=qbj6cJNk" width="1200" height="800" alt="Romance in Marseille illustration"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/research/report/stories"> Research Report </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/research/2021-22" hreflang="en">2021-22</a> </div> <span>Sarah Kuta​</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default 3"> <div class="ucb-article-row-subrow row"> <div class="ucb-article-text col-lg d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>The ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ-affiliated academic journal <em>English Language Notes</em> dedicated an entire issue to the recently published Harlem Renaissance-era novel Romance in Marseille by Claude McKay in April 2021.</p><p>Nan Goodman, a ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ professor of English and Jewish studies, serves as editor-in-chief of the interdisciplinary journal, which was founded in 1963 under the sponsorship of ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ.</p><p>Set at the height of the Jazz Age, the aheadof-its-time novel tells the story of Lafala, a Black sailor who lost his lower legs after stowing away on a transatlantic freighter. McKay, a Jamaican-American writer, set the book’s drafts aside in 1933 because publishers likely considered the themes and characters too controversial. Penguin Random House published the novel in 2020 after the manuscripts resurfaced.</p><p>Today, as the world grapples with questions about race, privilege, sexuality, gender, health and human rights, the book is more relevant than ever, Goodman said.</p></div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-right col-lg"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/2024-08/RR22-featured00_landscape-enhanced.jpg?itok=KBhzaiVL" width="1500" height="752" alt="Romance in Marseille illustration"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-text" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Principal</strong><br>Nan Goodman</p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Funding</strong><br>Duke University Press</p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Collaboration + support</strong><br>Ohio University; Washington University in St. Louis</p></div><div class="col ucb-column"><p><strong>Learn more about this topic:</strong><br><a href="/asmagazine/2021/04/27/researchers-unravel-secrets-long-lost-novel" rel="nofollow">Researchers unravel secrets of long-lost novel</a></p></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>The ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ-affiliated academic journal English Language Notes dedicated an entire issue to the recently published Harlem Renaissance-era novel Romance in Marseille by Claude McKay in April 2021.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Zebra Striped</div> <div>7</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Tue, 11 Oct 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Wendy Turnbull 811 at