Encyclopedia of African-American Literature (Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Literature)
Contributors: Wilfred D. Samuels (Editor); Melvin Burke Donalson (Editor); Tracie Guzzio (Editor); Loretta Gilchrist (Editor)
Publisher: Facts on File
Published: June 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780816050734
Subjects: Literary studies: 19th century; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Juvenile Nonfiction; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; English; Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12); Language; American - General; General; Literary Criticism & Collections; People & Places - United States - African-American; Reference - Encyclopedias; African American authors; American literature; Bio-bibliography; Biography; Encyclopedias
Description: The alphabetically arranged entries in this volume cover the spectrum of African American literature, from the seminal poetry of Phillis Wheatley to popular contemporary novelists like Bebe Moore Campbell and Terry McMillan. Literary movements like the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement merit their own entries.