Provides an introduction to the work of African American authors, including secondary literature. Articles on American Literature. The items under individual authors are not grouped separately for each work. This means that all references must be scanned. In addition to the section on the individual authors, various related topics are also covered.
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Some general topics such as slave narratives and polemics are treated with bibliographic essays. Includes authors such as Frederick Douglass, Langston Hughes, Jean Toomer, and others. These bibliographic essays provide references to criticism of a representative cross-section of Chicano writers of novels, poetry, and drama. Fifty Western Writers. 1982 Brief background and biographical essays are followed by an analysis of major themes and criticism for each author covered.