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Record Nr.

UNINA9910132775703321

Autore

Currie Stephen <1960->

Titolo

African American literature / / by Stephen Currie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, Mich. : , : Lucent Books, , 2011

ISBN

1-4205-0725-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits

Collana

Lucent library of Black history

Disciplina

810.9/896073

Soggetti

African Americans - History

American literature - African American authors - History and criticism

African Americans - Intellectual life

African Americans in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-101) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Oral tradition and the first Black writers: 1600-1820 -- Slave and free : 1800-1865 -- After the Civil War : 1865-1915 -- The Harlem Renaissance : 1918-1940 -- Through the civil rights struggle? 1940-1969 -- Into a new century : 1970-present.

Sommario/riassunto

Places important topics in context so that readers will understand the connection between black history and the sweep of America's story. This volume covers African American literature.