african americans in literature

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african americans in literature

The Jim dilemma

reading race in Huckleberry Finn
  • Chadwick-Joshua, Jocelyn
1998

Terry McMillan

a critical companion
  • Richards, Paulette
1999
Presents critical analyses of each of Terry McMillan's novels, including "Mama," "Disappearing Acts," "Waiting to Exhale," and "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"; and includes biographical information about the author.

African American authors, 1745-1945

bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook
  • Nelson, Emmanuel S
2000

Harlem Renaissance and beyond

literary biographies of 100 Black women writers, 1900-1945
  • Roses, Lorraine Elena
1997

Bridging the Americas

the literature of Paule Marshall, Toni Morrison, and Gayl Jones
  • Coser, Stelamaris
1995

Richard Wright, daemonic genius

a portrait of the man, a critical look at his work
  • Walker, Margaret
1993

Richard Wright

critical perspectives past and present
  • Appiah, Anthony
1993
Collection of reviews and essays by present-day scholars discussing Wright's fiction, nonfiction and autobiographical writings.

Langston Hughes

a study of the short fiction
  • Ostrom, Hans A
1993
Examines Hughes's short fiction to bring about a better understanding of his background.

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