Carl Van Vechten\u27s Nigger Heaven: Envisioning and Reinventing American Transatlantic Bohemia in Harlem

This study of Carl Van Vechten\u27s controversial novel, Nigger Heaven, creates a transatlantic model as a new platform to judge Van Vechten\u27s work. The paper sets forth the argument that Van Vechten\u27s importance in the modernist movement, as well as his significant contribution to the Harlem Renaissance, is a worthwhile addition to studies in the field. An analysis of transatlantic modernism is developed in context with Van Vechten\u27s earlier works. The study culminates with a close reading of the multiple elements of transatlantic/transnational/cosmopolitan elements of Harlem presented in Nigger Heaven