The concise Oxford companion to African American literature [[electronic resource] /] / editors, William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, Trudier Harris

• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (513 p.)
• Disciplina: 810.9896073; 810.9896073003
• Soggetto topico: American literature - African American authors; African Americans - Intellectual life; African Americans in literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: AndrewsWilliam L. <1946-> FosterFrances Smith HarrisTrudier
• Note generali: Oxford Reference Library; Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; Contributors; The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature; Appendix; Editors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A 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 inc
• Titolo autorizzato: The concise Oxford companion to African American literature
• ISBN: 1-281-34706-X; 0-19-991649-7; 9786611347062; 0-19-803175-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910449752303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II