02935nam 2200673Ia 450 991044975230332120200520144314.01-281-34706-X0-19-991649-797866113470620-19-803175-0(CKB)1000000000214979(EBL)430299(OCoLC)49346948(SSID)ssj0000083662(PQKBManifestationID)11120587(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000083662(PQKBWorkID)10148258(PQKB)10602292(StDuBDS)EDZ0000171517(MiAaPQ)EBC430299(Au-PeEL)EBL430299(CaPaEBR)ebr10269211(CaONFJC)MIL134706(EXLCZ)99100000000021497920001106d2001 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe concise Oxford companion to African American literature[electronic resource] /editors, William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, Trudier HarrisNew York Oxford University Press20011 online resource (513 p.)Oxford Reference LibraryDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-513883-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction; Contributors; The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature; Appendix; Editors; IndexA breathtaking achievement, this Concise Companion is a suitable crown to the astonishing production in African American literature and criticism that has swept over American literary studies in the last two decades. It offers an enormous range of writers-from Sojourner Truth to Frederick Douglass, from Zora Neale Hurston to Ralph Ellison, and from Toni Morrison to August Wilson. It contains entries on major works (including synopses of novels), such as Harriet Jacobs's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Richard Wright's Native Son, and Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun. It also incAmerican literatureAfrican American authorsEncyclopediasAfrican AmericansIntellectual lifeEncyclopediasAfrican Americans in literatureEncyclopediasElectronic books.American literatureAfrican American authorsAfrican AmericansIntellectual lifeAfrican Americans in literature810.9896073810.9896073003Andrews William L.1946-916379Foster Frances Smith942871Harris Trudier738941MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910449752303321The concise Oxford companion to African American literature2127692UNINA