Title: African American women writers' historical fiction
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.
Subjects: African Americans in literature, Women authors, African American authors, American Historical fiction, American fiction, History and criticism, American fiction, african american authors, history and criticism, American fiction, women authors, Historical fiction, history and criticism, American fiction, history and criticism, 20th century, LITERARY CRITICISM, American, General, Literary studies: from c 1900 -., Literary theory, Literature
Time periods: 20th century