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Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject American Studies - Literature; grade: 13 ; Saarland University (Philosophische Fakultauml;t II: Fachrichtung 4.3. :Anglistik; Amerikanistik und Anglophone Kulturen); course: Proseminar "Harlem Renaissance"; 14 entries in the bibliography; language: English; abstract: Langston Hughes; probably the most famous of all Harlem Renaissance writers; played an very important role in Richard Bruce Nugentacute;s life; especially in regard to his career as an artist. He introduced him to Harlemacute;s artistic circles; through Hughes; Nugent made acquaintance with many contemporary luminaries; was introduced to the movementacute;s elite (Wirth; 4). Hughes; amongst others; an temporary inhabitant of ldquo;Niggeratti manorrdquo; and also directly involved in the creation of Fire!!; made the following remark about the Niggerattiacute;s landmark publication (Wirth; 15):None of the older Negro intellectuals would have anything to do with Fire [sic]. Dr. Du Bois in the Crisis roasted it. The negro press called it all sorts of bad names; largely because of a green and purple story by Bruce Nugent; in the Oscar Wilde tradition; which we had included. (Wirth; 83; emphasis added) Hughes quintessential statement about Fire!! clearly places the responsibility for the reception of the magazine on Nugent. But did Fire!!/Smoke; Lilies and Jade really have such a negative impact on the black community? Is it due to the fact; that Nugentacute;s short story stands in the Oscar Wilde tradition? In how far does it actually stand in the Oscar Wilde tradition? In order to fully comprehend the statement by Hughes; these questions need to be answered. Thus; I will point out the consequences of the publication of Fire!! with special regard to Nugentacute;s short story. In doing so; I will arrange the paper starting from the quotation above.Hence; I will first explain the components of the quote; meaning to give an definition of the Oscar Wilde tradition; as well as some background information and contextualizaing Fire!!; moreover a live and work acount on Richard Bruce Nugent; limited to the information that is necessary for the scope of this paper. Having established this information; I will return to the quote again and discuss the literary influence on and the significance of Smoke; Liles and Jade; as well as the reception of Fire!! and Smoke;Lilies and Jade in relation to the results obtained by analyzing the short story.