The concise Oxford companion to African American literature /editors, William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, Trudier Harris.
The concise Oxford companion to African American literature /editors, William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, Trudier Harris.
African American literature
- New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2001.
- 1 online resource (xxii, 488 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction; Contributors; The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature; Appendix; Editors; Index.
Presents more than 400 biographies of authors, critics, literary characters, and historical figures, and 150 plot summaries of major works. Covers a range of writers from Sojourner Truth to Frederick Douglass, and Ralph Ellison to Toni Morrison. Contains entries on major works (including synopses of novels) and also incorporates information on literary characters, as well as on character types such as Aunt Jemima and Brer Rabbit. Looks at icons of black culture, including Muhammad Ali, John Coltrane, Marcus Garvey, Jackie Robinson, John Brown, and Harriet Tubman. Includes general articles on poetry, fiction, and drama and on autobiography, slave narratives, Sunday School literature, and oratory, as well as other related topics.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9780198031758 9780199916498
019513883x Uk
American literature--African American authors--Encyclopedias.
African Americans in literature--Encyclopedias.
African Americans.
African Americans in literature.
American literature.
Electronic Books.
PS153 / .C663 2001
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction; Contributors; The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature; Appendix; Editors; Index.
Presents more than 400 biographies of authors, critics, literary characters, and historical figures, and 150 plot summaries of major works. Covers a range of writers from Sojourner Truth to Frederick Douglass, and Ralph Ellison to Toni Morrison. Contains entries on major works (including synopses of novels) and also incorporates information on literary characters, as well as on character types such as Aunt Jemima and Brer Rabbit. Looks at icons of black culture, including Muhammad Ali, John Coltrane, Marcus Garvey, Jackie Robinson, John Brown, and Harriet Tubman. Includes general articles on poetry, fiction, and drama and on autobiography, slave narratives, Sunday School literature, and oratory, as well as other related topics.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9780198031758 9780199916498
019513883x Uk
American literature--African American authors--Encyclopedias.
African Americans in literature--Encyclopedias.
African Americans.
African Americans in literature.
American literature.
Electronic Books.
PS153 / .C663 2001