The Oxford Companion to African American LiteratureThe Oxford Companion to African American Literature
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Book, 1997
Current format, Book, 1997, , In-library use only.Book, 1997
Current format, Book, 1997, , In-library use only. Offered in 0 more formatsHere indeed is the pantheon of African American writers--Phillis Wheatley and Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass and W. E. B. Du Bois, Gwendolyn Brooks and Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen, James Baldwin and Ralph Ellison, Toni Morrison and Alice Walker, John Edgar
Wideman and August Wilson, Jamaica Kincaid and Gloria Naylor, Stanley Crouch and Cornel West, and hundreds more. Moreover, the Companion includes entries on 150 major works of African American literature (including synopses of novels), from Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,
Richard Wright's Native Son, to Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun; on literary characters, ranging from Bigger Thomas, to Coffin Ed Johnson, Kunta Kinte, Sula Peace; on character types, such as Aunt Jemima, Brer Rabbit, John Henry, Stackolee, and the trickster; and on such icons of black
culture as Muhammad Ali, John Coltrane, Marcus Garvey, Jackie Robinson, John Brown, and Harriet Tubman. Here, too, are general articles on the traditional literary genres, such as poetry, fiction, and drama; on genres of special import in African American letters, such as autobiography, slave
narratives, Sunday School literature, and oratory; and on a wide spectrum of related topics, including journalism, the black periodical press, major libraries and research centers, religion, literary societies, women's clubs, and various publishing enterprises.
This collaborative undertaking involved some 300 contributors to produce an encyclopedic reference with entries focusing in particular on the lives and careers of 400-plus writers. Also included are entries on traditional literary genres as well as genres of special import in African American letters, such as autobiography, slave narratives, Sunday school literature, and oratory; on related topics including journalism, the black periodical press, major libraries and research centers, religion, publishing enterprises; and on customs, cultural expressions, and unique aspects of the black experience. A five-part, 15-page essay surveys the literary history of African American writing from the colonial era to the present day. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
A unique one-volume reference work devoted to black American writers offers four hundred biographical profiles of some four hundred figures major and neglected; entries on important works, genres, literary characters, and aspects of black life; and more. UP.
Offers profiles of African American writers and entries on important works and genres
Wideman and August Wilson, Jamaica Kincaid and Gloria Naylor, Stanley Crouch and Cornel West, and hundreds more. Moreover, the Companion includes entries on 150 major works of African American literature (including synopses of novels), from Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,
Richard Wright's Native Son, to Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun; on literary characters, ranging from Bigger Thomas, to Coffin Ed Johnson, Kunta Kinte, Sula Peace; on character types, such as Aunt Jemima, Brer Rabbit, John Henry, Stackolee, and the trickster; and on such icons of black
culture as Muhammad Ali, John Coltrane, Marcus Garvey, Jackie Robinson, John Brown, and Harriet Tubman. Here, too, are general articles on the traditional literary genres, such as poetry, fiction, and drama; on genres of special import in African American letters, such as autobiography, slave
narratives, Sunday School literature, and oratory; and on a wide spectrum of related topics, including journalism, the black periodical press, major libraries and research centers, religion, literary societies, women's clubs, and various publishing enterprises.
This collaborative undertaking involved some 300 contributors to produce an encyclopedic reference with entries focusing in particular on the lives and careers of 400-plus writers. Also included are entries on traditional literary genres as well as genres of special import in African American letters, such as autobiography, slave narratives, Sunday school literature, and oratory; on related topics including journalism, the black periodical press, major libraries and research centers, religion, publishing enterprises; and on customs, cultural expressions, and unique aspects of the black experience. A five-part, 15-page essay surveys the literary history of African American writing from the colonial era to the present day. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
A unique one-volume reference work devoted to black American writers offers four hundred biographical profiles of some four hundred figures major and neglected; entries on important works, genres, literary characters, and aspects of black life; and more. UP.
Offers profiles of African American writers and entries on important works and genres
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