African American women writers' historical fiction
By: by Ana Nunes
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780230112537
Subjects: African Americans in literature; Women authors; African American authors; American Historical fiction; American fiction; History and criticism
Description: "This volume explores African American historical fiction written by women in the last four decades of the twentieth century. Comprehensive in scope, this book refers to over thirty authors whose work has contributed to the tradition, from Margaret Walker to Sherley Anne Williams to Toni Morrison. Ana Nunes's approach to the text emphasizes the narrative and thematic achievements of individual novels against the backdrop of the main trends and developments of the contemporary African American historical novel."--p. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.