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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815469303321

Titolo

African American autobiographers : a sourcebook / / edited by Emmanuel S. Nelson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Greenwood Press, , 2002

London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-60752-3

1-280-63719-6

9786610637195

0-313-01118-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (428 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

NelsonEmmanuel S <1954-> (Emmanuel Sampath)

Disciplina

818/.08

Soggetti

American prose literature - African American authors

Autobiography - African American authors

African American authors - Bio-bibliography

African Americans - Bio-bibliography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: ELIZABETH LAURA ADAMS 1 -- Heather Rellihan -- HILTON ALS 5 -- Jacqueline C. Jones -- MAYA ANGELOU 10 -- Eileen 0. Jaquin -- JAMES BALDWIN 29 -- Barbara L.J. Griffin -- AMIRI BARAKA (LEROI JONES) 37 -- Tarshia L. Stanley -- HENRY WALTON BIBB 42 -- Nanette Morton -- GWENDOLYN BROOKS 47 -- Emmanuel S. Nelson -- CLAUDE BROWN 51 -- Emmanuel S. Nelson -- WILLIAM WELLS BROWN 56 -- Linda M. Carter -- LEROY ELDRIDGE CLEAVER 61 -- David L. Dudley -- LUCILLE CLIFTON 68 -- Edward Whitley -- ANGELA YVONNE DAVIS 73 -- Emmanuel S. Nelson -- LUCY A. DELANEY 79 -- Loretta G. Woodard -- SAMUEL R. DELANY 83 -- Karl L. Stenger -- TOI DERRICOTTE 90 -- Loretta G. Woodard -- FREDERICK DOUGLASS 95 -- Harish Chander -- W.E.B. DU BOIS 110 -- David L. Dudley -- ALICE MOORE DUNBAR-NELSON 119 -- Gwendolyn S. Jones -- ZILPHA ELAW 123 -- Adenike Marie Davidson -- EDWARD KENNEDY "DUKE" ELLINGTON 128 -- Joyce Russell-Robinson -- OLAUDAH EQUIANO 132 -- Emmanuel S. Nelson -- JULIA A.J. FOOTE



138 -- Maxine Sample -- PATRICE GAINES 143 -- Kelley A. Squazzo -- HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. 147 -- Emmanuel S. Nelson -- NIKKI GIOVANNI 151 -- Kathlene McDonald -- MARITA GOLDEN 156 -- Emmanuel S. Nelson -- RICHARD "DICK" CLAXTON GREGORY 161 -- Nikolas Huot -- SUTTON ELBERT GRIGGS 166 -- Harish Chander -- JAMES ALBERT UKAWSAW GRONNIOSAW 171 -- Terry Novak -- JUANITA HARRISON 175 -- Kelley A. Squazzo -- JOSIAH HENSON 179 -- Rennie Simson -- CHESTER BOMAR HIMES 185 -- Robin Jane Lucy -- BELL HOOKS 192 -- Michael L. Cobb -- LANGSTON HUGHES 197 -- Linda M. Carter -- ZORA NEALE HURSTON 208 -- Maxine Sample -- ELIZABETH KECKLEY 220 -- Adenike Marie Davidson -- JAMAICA KINCAID 225 -- Suzanne Hotte Massa -- JARENA LEE 230 -- Maxine Sample -- AUDRE GERALDINE LORDE 236 -- Chandra Tyler Mountain -- MALCOLM X 246 -- Emmanuel S. Nelson -- JOHN MARRANT 255 -- James L. Hill -- JAMES McBRIDE 259 -- Harmony Nicole Booker -- NATHAN J. McCALL 264 -- Susan Evans Pond -- JANET McDONALD 270 -- Heather Rellihan -- CLAUDE McKAY 274 -- Barbara L.J. Griffin -- ANNE MOODY 280 -- Emmanuel S. Nelson -- PAULI MURRAY 286 -- Leela Kapai -- SOLOMON NORTHUP 290 -- Elizabeth Marsden -- GWENDOLYN M. PARKER 295 -- Loretta G. Woodard -- ELIZA C. POTTER 299 -- Nikolas Huot -- NANCY GARDNER PRINCE 303 -- Yolanda Williams Page -- J. SAUNDERS REDDING 307 -- Geetha Ravi -- SARAH RICE 314 -- Terry Novak -- ESLANDA GOODE ROBESON 319 -- Bettye J. Williams -- GEORGE SAMUEL SCHUYLER 323 -- Emmanuel S. Nelson -- MARY SEACOLE 328 -- Loretta G. Woodard -- BRENT STAPLES 333 -- Stacey L. Donohue -- MARIA W. STEWART 338 -- Verner D. Mitchell -- SOJOURNER TRUTH 344 -- Christine M. Lemchak -- NAT TURNER 351 -- Joyce Russell-Robinson -- GLORIA WADE-GAYLES 355 -- James L. Hill -- ALICE WALKER 360 -- Pauld C. Barnes -- BOOKER T. WASHINGTON 365 -- David L. Dudley -- IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT 373 -- Lynn Domina -- JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN 379 -- Chris Roark -- HARRIET E. WILSON 386 -- Emma Waters Dawson -- RICHARD WRIGHT 391 -- H. Nigel Thomas.

Sommario/riassunto

Framing the cultural conflict between US blacks and whites as partly a clash between orality and literacy, Nelson (English, State U. of New York, Cortland) explains that autobiographical narrative surfaced as the primary genre of African Americans when black literacy emerged. This volume provides an introduction to the diversity of writing in this tradition from the mid-18th century to the late 1990's. The 67 voices represented range alphabetically from Elizabeth Laura Adams to Richard Wright. Entries include the author's biography, autobiographical works and themes, and critical reception; and a bibliography of works and studies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.