african americans in literature

A collection of essays exploring the role gender plays in Lorraine Hansberry's novel "A Raisin in the Sun.".

Presents biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on seventy-nine contemporary African-American novelists; arranged alphabetically by author's last name.

"Writes about nineteenth-century literary efforts to romance slavery, contrasting them with the scientific racism of Samuel Cartwright and the banal diaries of the plantation overseer and slaveholder Thomas Thistlewood. She looks at configurations of blackness, notions of racial purity, and the ways in which literature employs skin color to reveal character or drive narrative"--Amazon.

Contains twenty-five alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about significant African-American authors, each with a biographical overview, a survey of principal writings, an assessment of the subject's work as a whole, and a bibliography; and features two additional topical essays. Includes an index.

Contains twenty-seven alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about significant African-American authors, each with a biographical overview, a survey of principal writings, an assessment of the subject's work as a whole, and a bibliography; and includes a discussion of the Black Arts Movement.

In entries arranged alphabetically by creator, showcases the work of over one hundred independent African American comic writers and artists, representing a cross-section of genres and styles.

A collection of urban articles, essays, interviews, and poems.

Chronicles the life of novelist Donald Goines, focusing on how his experiences as a heroin addict, career criminal, truck driver, and pimp influenced his legendary writing style.

Offers an overview of significant developments and contributions in African-American poetry, from the eighteenth century, through the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movements of the 1960s, to the present day.