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Encyclopedia of African American women writers / edited by Yolanda Williams Page.
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English
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Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.
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2 volumes ; 27 cm
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Firestone Library - African American Studies Reading Room
PS153.N5 E49 2007
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Vol. 1-v. 2
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"Alphabetically arranged entries discuss the lives, works, and critical reception of more than 150 African American women writers. African American women writers published extensively during the Harlem Renaissance and have been extraordinarily prolific since the 1970s. This book surveys the world of African American women writers. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on more than 150 novelists, poets, playwrights, short fiction writers, autobiographers, essayists, and influential scholars. The Encyclopedia covers established contemporary authors such as Toni Morrison and Gloria Naylor, along with a range of neglected and emerging figures. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and provides a brief biography, a discussion of major works, a survey of the author's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. Literature students will value this book for its exploration of African American literature, while social studies students will appreciate its examination of social issues through literature. African American women writers have made an enormous contribution to our culture. Many of these authors wrote during the Harlem Renaissance, a particularly vital time in African American arts and letters, while others have been especially active since the 1970s, an era in which works by African American women are adapted into films and are widely read in book clubs. Literature by African American women is important for its aesthetic qualities, and it also illuminates the social issues which these authors have confronted. This book conveniently surveys the lives and works of African American women writers. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on more than 150 African American women novelists, poets, playwrights, short fiction writers, autobiographers, essayists, and influential scholars. Some of these figures, such as Toni Morrison and Gloria Naylor, are among the most popular authors writing today, while others have been largely neglected or are recently emerging. Each entry provides a biography, a discussion of major works, a survey of the writer's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. The Encyclopedia closes with a selected, general bibliography. Students and general readers will welcome this guide to the rich achievement of African American women. Literature students will value its exploration of the works of these writers, while social studies students will appreciate its examination of the social issues these women confront in their works."--Publisher's website.
African American women writers published extensively during the Harlem Ranaissance and have been extraordinarily prolific since the 1970s. This book surveys the world of African American women writers. Included are alphabetically arranged entries on more than 150 novelists, poets, playwrights, short fiction writers, autobiographers, essayists, and influential scholars. The Encyclopedia covers established contemporary authors such as Toni Morrison and Gloria Naylor, along with a range of neglected and emerging figures. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and provides a brief biography, a discussion of major works, a survey of the author's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. Literature students will value this book for its exploration of African American literature, while social studies students will appreciate its examination of social issues through literature. --Publisher's description.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
v. 1. Elizabeth Laura Adams (1909-1982) / Hermine Pinson
Octavia Victoria Rogers Albert (1853-1889) / Iva Balic
Clarissa Minnie Thompson Allen (?-?) / Elizabeth Marsden
Mignon Holland Anderson (1945- ) / Teresa Clark Caruso
Maya Angelou (1928- ) / Joi Carr
Tina McElroy Ansa (1949- ) / Tarshia L. Stanley
Doris Jean Austin (1949-1994) / Imani Lillie B. Fryar
Nikki Baker (1962- ) / Kimberly Downing Braddock
Toni Cade Bambara (1939-1995) / Rochelle Spencer
Gwendolyn Bennett (1902-1981) / Sue E. Barker
Marita Bonner (1898-1971) / Sophie Blanch
Candy Dawson Boyd (1946- ) / Bennie P. Robinson
Joanne Braxton (1950- ) / Tanya N. Clark
Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000) / Bridget Harris Tsemo
Linda Beatrice Brown (1939- ) / Teresa Clark Caruso
Annie Louise Burton (1858-1910) / Gabriel A. Briggs
Olivia Ward Bush-Banks (1869-1944) / Susan M. Stone
Octavia Butler (1947-2006) / Keren Omry.
Jeannette Franklin Caines (1938-2004) / Eric Sterling
Bebe Moore Campbell (1950- ) / Tenille Brown
Barbara Chase-Riboud (1939- ) / Ginette Curry
Alice Childress (1916-1994) / Carol Bunch Davis
Barbara T. Christian (1943-2000) / Sharon L. Barnes
Pearl T. Cleage (1948- ) / Adrienne Cassel
Michelle Cliff (1946- ) / Lopamudra Basu
Lucille Clifton (1936- ) / Patricia Kennedy Bostian
Wanda Coleman (1946- ) / Terri Jackson Wallace
Eugenia W. Collier (1928- ) / T. Jasmine Dawson
Kathleen Conwell Collins (1942-1988) / Chandra Tyler Mountain
Anna Julia Hayward Cooper (1858-1964) / Gloria A. Shearin
J. California Cooper (?- ) / Adrienne Carthon
Jayne Cortez (1936- ) / Ruth Blandón
Margaret Esse Danner (1910-1984) / Claire Taft
Edwidge Danticat (1969- ) / Jana Evans Braziel
Doris Davenport (1949- ) / Denise R. Shaw
Angela Y. Davis (1944- ) / Deirdre Osborne
Lucy Delaney (1830-1890) / Dave Yost
Toi(Nette) Marie Derricotte (1941- ) / Karen S. Sloan.
Alexis De Veaux (1948- ) / Bennie P. Robinson
Edwina Streeter Dixon (1907-2002) / Kevin L. Cole and Katherine Madison
Rita Dove (1952- ) / Laura Madeline Wiseman
Kate Drumgoold (1858?-1898) / Karen S. Sloan
Shirley Graham DuBois (1896-1977) / Rebecca Walsh
Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935) / Denisa E. Chatman-Riley
Grace Edwards-Yearwood (1934?- ) / Jasmin J. Vann
Zilpha Elaw (1790?-1846?) / Nancy Kang
Mari Evans (1923- ) / Jessica Allen
Sarah Webster Fabio (1928-1979) / Richard A. Iadonisi
Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882-1961) / Joy R. Myree-Mainor
Carolyn Ferrell (1962- ) / Alex Feerst
Julia Fields (1938- ) / Jacqueline Imani Bryant
Julia A.J. Foote (1823-1900) / Ann Beebe
Patrice Gaines (1949- ) / Amanda J. Davis
Patricia Joann Gibson (1951- ) / Sarah Estes Graham
Mercedes Gilbert (1889-1952) / Marlo David Azikwe
Nikki Giovanni (1943- ) / Jane M. Barstow
Marita Golden (1950- ) / DaMaris Hill.
Jewelle Gomez (1948- ) / Josie A. Brown-Rose
Eloise Greenfield (1929- ) / Elissa Gershowitz
Angelina Weld Grimké (1880-1958) / Gloria A. Shearin
Rosa Guy (1925- ) / Julie Ellam
Beverly Guy-Sheftall (1946- ) / Lynnell Thomas
Madame Emma Azalia Smith Hackley (1867-1922) / Lisa Pertillar Brevard
Virginia Hamilton (1936-2002) / Myisha Priest
Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) / Kelly O. Secovnie
Joyce Hansen (1942- ) / Dorsia Smith
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) / Valerie Palmer-Mehta
Juanita Harrison (1887-19??) / Sarah Boslaugh
Safiya Henderson-Holmes (1950-2001) / Shamika Ann Mitchell
Carolivia Herron (1947- ) / Rachelle D. Washington
Frenchy Jolene Hodges (1940- ) / Katarzyna Iwona Jakubiak
bell hooks (1952- ) / Peggy J. Huey
Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins (Sara A. Allen) (1859-1930) / Jeehyun Lim
Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) / Warren J. Carson
Angela Jackson (1951- ) / Judy Massey Dozier
Elaine Jackson (1943- ) / Raymond Janifer
Mae Jackson (1946- ) / Heather Hoffman Jordan
Mattie Jane Jackson (1843-?) / Tabitha Adams Morgan.
Rebecca Cox Jackson (1795-1871) / Joshunda Sanders
Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813-1897) / Mary McCartin Wearn
Amelia E. Johnson (1858-1922) / Sathyaraj Venkatesan
Georgia Douglas Johnson (1877-1966) / Maria J. Rice
Helen Johnson (1906-1995) / Wendy Wagner
Gayl Jones (1949- ) / Helen Doss
June Jordan (1936-2002) / Roy Pérez
Elizabeth Hobbs Keckley (1818-1907) / Regina V. Jones
Adrienne Kennedy (1931- ) / Nita N. Kumar
Jamaica Kincaid (1949- ) / Maria Mikolchak.
v. 2
Pinkie Gordon Lane (1923- ) / Julia Marek Ponce
Nella Larsen (1891-1964) / Frank A. Salamone
Kristin Hunter Lattany (1931- ) / David M. Jones
Andrea Lee (1953- ) / Barbara Boswell
Helene Elaine Lee (1959- ) / Lena Marie Ampadu
Jarena Lee (1783?- ) / Christopher J. Anderson
Audre Geraldine Lorde (1934-1992) / Heejung Cha
Naomi Long Madgett (1923- ) / Shayla Hawkins
Paule Marshall (1929- ) / Kalenda C. Eaton
Sharon Bell Mathis (1937- ) / Loretta G. Woodard
Victoria Earle Matthews (1861-1898) / Heidi Stauffer
Colleen J. McElroy (1935- ) / Roxane Gay
Patricia McKissack (1944- ) / Rebecca Feind
Terry McMillan (1951- ) / Yolanda Williams Page
Louise Meriwether (1923- ) / Bridgitte Arnold
May Miller (1899-1995) / Miranda A. Green-Barteet
Arthenia J. Bates Millican (1920- ) / Rebecca Feind
Mary Monroe (1949- ) / Freda Fuller Coursey
Anne Moody (1940- ) / Meta Michond Cooper
Opal J. Moore (1953- ) / Kellie D. Weiss
Toni Morrison (1931- ) / Deborah M. Wolf
Gertrude Bustill Mossell (1855-1948) / Amanda Wray
Harryette Mullen (1953- ) / Ordner W. Taylor, III
Beatrice Murphy (1908-1992) / Judy L. Isaksen.
Pauli Murray (1910-1985) / Christina G. Bucher
Gloria Naylor (1950- ) / Pratibha Kelapure
Barbara Neely (1941- ) / A. Mary Murphy
Diane Oliver (1943-1966) / Joseph A. Alvarez
Brenda Marie Osbey (1957- ) / Trimiko C. Melancon
Pat Parker (1944-1989) / Linda Garber
Suzan-Lori Parks (1964- ) / Marla Dean
Ann Petry (1908-1997) / Yolanda Williams Page
Ann Plato (1820?-1860) / Tinola N. Mayfield
Connie Porter (1959- ) / Tamra E. DiBenedetto
Eliza Potter (1820-?) / Karen C. Summers
Mary Prince (1788-?) / Babacar M'Baye
Nancy Prince (1799-?) / Dave Yost
Aishah Rahman (1939- ) / Joan McCarty
Alice Randall (1959- ) / Louis M. Palmer, III
Henrietta Cordelia Ray (1849-1916) / Megan K. Ahern
Jewell Parker Rhodes (?- ) / Tatia Jacobson Jordan
Carolyn Marie Rodgers (1943- ) / Adenike Marie Davidson
Mona Lisa Saloy (1950- ) / Delicia Dena Daniels
Sonia Sanchez (1934- ) / Ben Fisler
Dori Sanders (1934- ) / Chandra Wells
Mary Seacole (1805-1881) / Nanette Morton.
Fatima Shaik (1952- ) / Sharon T. Silverman
Ntozake Shange (1948- ) / Cammie M. Sublette
Ann Allen Shockley (1927- ) / Adriane Bezusko
Amanda Berry Smith (1837-1915) / Mary G. De Jong
Anna Deavere Smith (1950- ) / Yolanda Williams Page
Ellease Southerland (1943- ) / Kate Falvey
Maria W. Stewart (1803-1879) / Rhondda Robinson Thomas
Barbara Summers (1944- ) / Firouzeh Dianat
Ellen Tarry (1906- ) / Kevin Hogg
Claudia Tate (1946-2002) / Angela Shaw-Thornburg
Mildred D. Taylor (1943- ) / Shawntaye M. Scott
Susie King Taylor (1848-1912) / Laura Gimeno Pahissa
Lisa Teasley (1962- ) / Jeremy Griggs
Lucy Terry (1730-1812) / Debbie Clare Olson
Joyce Carol Thomas (1938- ) / Elizabeth Malia
Era Bell Thompson (1905-1986) / Kevin L. Cole
Katherine Davis Chapman Tillman (1870-?) / Gerri Reaves
Ruth D. Todd (1878?-?) / Amy L. Blair
Mary Elizabeth Vroman (1925-1967) / Jean Forst
Gloria Wade-Gayles (1938- ) / Cameron Christine Clark
Alice Walker (1944- ) / Su-lin Yu
Margaret Walker (1915-1998) / Aimable Twagilimana
Mildred Pitts Walter (1922- ) / Gerardo Del Guercio
Marilyn Nelson Waniek (1946- ) / Jacob Nelson Wilkenfeld
Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) / Joy M. Leighton
Dorothy West (1907-1988) / Pearlie Mae Peters.
Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784) / Pratibha Kelapure
Paulette Childress White (1948- ) / Jessica Margaret Brophy
Brenda Wilkinson (1946- ) / Tamara Zaneta Hollins
Fannie Barrier Williams (1855-1944) / Ted Morrissey
Sherley Anne Williams (1944-1999) / Gretchen Michlitsch
Harriet E. Wilson (1828?-1863?) / Katie Rose Guest
Sarah Elizabeth Wright (1928-?) / Althea Rhodes
Shay Youngblood (1959- ) / Samira C. Franklin
Appendix : List of awards and authors.
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ISBN
0313334293 ((set ; : alk. paper))
9780313334290 ((set ; : alk. paper))
0313341230 ((vol. 1 ; : alk. paper))
9780313341236 ((vol. 1 ; : alk. paper))
0313341249 ((vol. 2 ; : alk. paper))
9780313341243 ((vol. 2 ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2006031193
OCLC
71507821
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