Title: African American mystery writers
Subtitle: a historical and thematic study
First published: 2008
Description: "This book examines works of African American mystery writers within the social and historical contexts of African American literature on crime and justice. Chapters cover the movement by Black authors from slave narratives and antebellum newspapers to fiction writing; the transition from early genre writers to protest writers of the 1940s and 1950s"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: History and criticism, American fiction, African Americans in literature, Popular literature, Intellectual life, African Americans, American Detective and mystery stories, African American authors, Themes, motives, American fiction, african american authors, history and criticism, Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism, African americans, intellectual life, Popular literature, history and criticism
Places: United States
LC classification: PS374.N4 B27 2008