African American writers
By: Valerie Smith, consulting editor ; Lea Baechler, A. Walton Litz, general editors.
Contributors: Smith, Valerie, 1956-; Baechler, Lea.; Litz, A. Walton.
Publisher: C. Scribner's Sons; Collier Macmillan Canada; Maxwell Macmillan International
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York; Toronto; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 544
Subjects: American literature -- African American authors -- Dictionaries; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- Dictionaries; African American authors -- Biography -- Dictionaries; African Americans in literature -- Dictionaries
Genres: Dictionaries.; Biography
Description: A collection of thirty-four critical and biographical essays on African-American writers, ranging from slave narratives to contemporary feminist authors, each including a selected bibliography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.