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The Cambridge companion to African American women's literature / edited by Angelyn Mitchell and Danille K. Taylor.
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Description
xxvi, 306 p. ; 24 cm.
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Firestone Library - African American Studies Reading Room
PS153.N5 C343 2009
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Subject(s)
American literature
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African American authors
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History and criticism
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American literature
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Women authors
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History and criticism
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African American women
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Intellectual life
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Women and literature
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United States
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History
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African American women in literature
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Editor
Mitchell, Angelyn, 1960-
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Taylor, Danille K.
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Series
Cambridge companions to literature
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Summary note
'The Cambridge Companion to African American Women's Literature' covers a period dating back to the 18th century. These specially commissioned essays highlight the artistry, complexity and diversity of a literary tradition that ranges from Lucy Terry to Toni Morrison.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-300) and index.
Contents
Introduction / Angelyn Mitchell and Danille K. Taylor
Early African American women's literature / Frances Smith Foster and LaRose Davis
Women of the Harlem Renaissance / Cheryl A. Wall
Women writers of the Black Arts Movement / Eleanor W. Traylor
Contemporary African American women writers / Dana A. Williams
African American feminist theories and literary criticism / Robert J. Patterson
African American women and the United States slave narrative / Joycelyn Moody
Autobiography and African American women's literature / Joanne M. Braxton
"Even some fiction might be useful" : African American women novelists / Madhu Dubey
African American women poets and the power of the word / Keith D. Leonard
African American women in the performing arts / Olga Barrios
African American women writers of children's and young adult literature / Dianne Johnson
African American women essayists / Marilyn Sanders Mobley
African American women writers and the short story / Crystal J. Lucky
African American women writers and popular fiction : theorizing black womanhood / Herman Beavers.
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ISBN
9780521858885 ((hbk.))
0521858887 ((hbk.))
9780521675826 ((pbk.))
0521675820 ((pbk.))
9781139002486 ((ebook))
1139002481
LCCN
2009005864
OCLC
286432667
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