African American literature
Subtitle: a guide to reading interests
By: edited by Alma Dawson and Connie Van Fleet
Contributors: Dawson, Alma; Van Fleet, Connie Jean, 1950-
Series: Genreflecting advisory series
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
Subjects: American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; American literature -- African American authors -- Bibliography; African Americans in literature -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- Bibliography; African Americans in literature -- Bibliography
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc; Bibliography
Description: "Only works by African American authors are included.... Work by writers of the African Diaspora from countries other than the United States is excluded.... Emphasis is on works published between 1990 and 2003.... Novels are the focus of this book, but short story collections are included when they are significant to the genre. Three types of nonfiction have been included[:] ... life stories ... [i]nspirational nonfiction by black authors ... and ... factual works about African Americans on the frontier."--Introd.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-431) and indexes