The concise Oxford companion to African American literature:
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press 2001
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Item Description: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
Includes bibliographical references and 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
Introduction; Contributors; The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature; Appendix; Editors; Index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 488 pages)
ISBN:019513883X
0198031750
0199916497
9780195138832
9780198031758
9780199916498

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