The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature

ISBN-13: 9780195138832 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 512 str.

William L. Andrews; Frances Smith Foster; Trudier Harris

Opis

This abridgement of The Oxford Companion to African American Literature collects more than 400 biographies (authors, critics, literary characters and historical figures) of both well-known figures and the lives and careers of writers not found in other reference works. The abridgement also includes the 150 plot summaries of major works. The editors include the biographic details for author entries to include mention of major works, death dates, and awards. The volume reprints in its entirety the five-part 15-page essay, Literary History, capturing the full sweep of African-American writing in the US from the colonial and early national eras to the late 20th century.

O autorze

William L. Andrews (USA) E. Maynard Adams Professor of English, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Frances Smith Foster (USA) Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Women's Studies, Emory University. Trudier Harris (USA) J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.