african americans in literature

Profiles twentieth-century African-American writer Ralph Ellison, presenting a biography, a chronology, primary and secondary bibliographies, and critical essays on his works.

Profiles twentieth-century African-American novelist Zora Neale Hurston, presenting a biography, three critical essays, a chronology, and primary and secondary bibliographies.

Chronicles the life and career of author Toni Morrison, focusing on three of her most popular writings.

A collection of sixty critical statements by a variety of authors including W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, and others, in which they address questions regarding the aesthetics, function, politics, and responsibilities of African-American literature.

Provides biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on 12 African American writers including James Baldwin, Ntozake Shange and Alice Walker.

Presents biographical critical, and bibliographical information about African-American poet Langston Hughes and three of his poems, including "The Weary Blues," "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," and "Song for a Dark Girl.".

Collects ten critical essays on the works of African-American author Richard Wright, and includes an introduction by critic Harold Bloom, a chronology, notes on contributors, and a bibliography.

Presents critical analyses of the work of African-American poets from the eighteenth through the mid-twentieth centuries, including Gwendolyn Brooks, Countee Cullen, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Claude McKay, and Jean Toomer.

Presents ten critical essays on the writings of twentieth-century American playwright August Wilson, and includes a chronology of his life, a bibliography, and an introduction by Harold Bloom.