Burnin' Down the House
Subtitle: Home in African American Literature
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: January 31, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780231134415
Subjects: Literary studies: 19th century; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; English; Sociology; USA; American - African American; American - African American & Black; American - General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / American; African American authors; African American families in l; African American families in literature; American fiction; Domestic fiction, American; History and criticism
First sentence: The novels in this study span nearly forty years, beginning in 1940 with Richard Wright's Native Son and concluding in 1977 with Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon.