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Notable African American writers. Volume 2 / edited by Robert C. Evans.

Evans, Robert C. (Added Author). Salem Press. (Added Author).

Summary:

This title profiles important African American writers in all genres. Fromslave narratives to abolitionist tracts, from the Harlem Renaissance ofthe 1920's to the Black Arts movement of the 1960's and 1970's, African American writers have always influenced literature in the UnitedStates. Its scope and coverage: Notable African American Writerscompiles 80 essays on great novelists, poets, playwrights, short-storywriters, and writers of nonfiction from colonial America to today.Students, librarians and teachers will find a comprehensive overview ofeach author's biography and literary career as well as ready-referencelistings of their major works in all genres.

Record details

ISBN: 9781642654905 (hardcover)
Physical Description: 1 v. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, 2020.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Alex Haley -- Virginia Hamilton -- Lorraine Hansberry -- Michael S. Harper -- Robert Hayden -- Terrance Hayes -- Chester Himes -- bell hooks -- Langston Hughes -- Zora Neale Hurston -- Charrles Johnson -- June Jordan -- Adrienne Kennedy -- Jamaica Kincaid -- Martin Luther King Jr -- Etheridge Knight -- Yusef Jomunyakaa -- Nella Larsen -- Audre Lorde -- Haki R. Madhubuti -- Clarence Major -- Paule Marshall -- Dawn Lundy Martin -- James McBride -- Claude McKay -- Reginald McKnight -- Terry McMillan -- James Alan McPherson -- Dinaw Mengestu -- Toni Morrison -- Walter Dean Myers -- Gloria Naylor -- Lynn Nottage -- Gordon Parks Sr. -- Suzan Lori Parks -- Ann Petry -- Dudley Randall -- Claudia Rankine -- Ishmael Reed.