african americans in literature

A literary companion to the works of African-American playwright August Wilson that provides information on characters, dates, events, allusions, staging strategies, and themes from his plays.

"Since the 18th century, African Americans have been contributing important works to American literature. However, their writing has been treated differently than those produced by white authors. Readers discover the challenges black authors have faced in having their work published and being taken seriously by critics and readers alike."--Provided by publisher.

Presents writings by and criticism on seventeen Harlem Renaissance authors, including Claude McKay and Jean Toomer. This volume covers I-Z.

Presents writings by and criticism on sixteen Harlem Renaissance authors, including Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. This volume covers A-H.

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.