african americans in literature

A biography of one of the first writers to write and illustrate books by and about black children.

Collection of twenty-eight critical and biographical essays on African-American writers, ranging from slave narrators to contemporary feminist authors.

Presents primary sources from and criticism on the Harlem Renaissance, covering social, economic, and political influences, publishing, and the arts.

Contains fifty-two 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 three additional topical essays, and an index.

Guide to 200 years of African-American literature featuring critical summaries and descriptions of major works, facts, and dates of authorship.

Presents critical analyses of the work of nine African-American poets from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including Phillis Wheatley, James Weldon Johnson, and Langston Hughes.

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide a selection of criticism on the works of 125 major Black writers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, each including a biographical and critical introduction, a list of principal works, and bibliographic citations.

Includes Walker's essays and speeches reflecting on African-American writing in America.