Encyclopedia of African American women writers

著者

• Page, Yolanda Williams

書誌事項

Encyclopedia of African American women writers

edited by Yolanda Williams Page

Greenwood Press, 2007

• : set
• v. 1
• v. 2

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [647]-651) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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.

目次

Preface List of Authors by Genre Chronological List of Authors Albert, Octavia Victoria Rogers Allen, Clarissa Minnie Thompson Allen, Sarah A. Anderson, Mignon Holland Angelou, Maya Ansa, Tina McElroy Austin, Doris Jean Baker, Nikki Bambara, Toni Cade Bennett, Gwendolyn Bonner, Marita Boyd, Candy Dawson Braxton, Joanne Brooks, Gwendolyn Brown, Linda Beatrice Burton, Annie Bush-Banks, Olivia Ward Butler, Octavia Caines, Jeannette Franklin Campbell, Bebe Moore Chase-Riboud, Barbara Childress, Alice Christian, Barbara T. Cleage, Pearl T. Cliff, Michelle Clifton, Lucille Coleman, Wanda Collier, Eugenia W. Collins, Kathleen Conwell Cooper, Anna Julia Hayward Cooper, J. California Cortez, Jayne Danner, Margaret Esse Danticat, Edwidge Davenport, Doris Davis, Angela Y. Delaney, Lucy Derricote, Toi(nette) Marie De Veaux, Alexis Dixon, Edwina Streeter Dove, Rita Drumgoold, Kate Du Bois, Shirley Graham Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Edwards-Yearwood, Grace Elaw, Zilpha Evans, Mari Fabio, Sarah Webster Fauset, Jessie Redmon Ferrell, Carolyn Fields, Julia Foote, Julia A. J. Gaines, Patrice Gibson, Patricia Joann Gilbert, Mercedes Giovanni, Nikki Golden, Marita Gomez, Jewelle Greenfield, Eloise Grimk, Angelina Weld Guy, Rosa Guy-Sheftall, Beverly Hackley, Madame Emma Azalia Smith Hamilton, Virginia Hansberry, Lorraine Hansen, Joyce Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins Harrison, Juanita Henderson-Holmes, Safiya Herron, Carolivia Hodges, Frenchy Jolene Hooks, Bell Hopkins, Pauline Elizabeth Hurston, Zora Neale Jackson, Angela Jackson, Elaine Jackson, Mae Jackson, Mattie Jane Jacobs, Harriet Ann Johnson, Amelia E. Johnson, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Helen Jones, Gayl Jordan, June Keckley, Elizabeth Hobbs Kennedy, Adrienne Kincaid, Jamaica Lane, Pinkie Gordon Larsen, Nella Lattany, Kristin Hunter Lee, Andrea Lee, Helen Elaine Lee, Jarena Lorde, Audra Geraldine Madgett, Naomi Long Marshall, Paule Mathis, Sharon Bell Matthews, Victoria Earle McElroy, Colleen J. McKissack, Patricia Meriwether, Louise Miller, May Millican, Arthenia J. Bates Monroe, Mary Moody, Anne Moore, Opal J. Morrison, Toni Mossell, Gertrude Bustill Mullen, Harryette Murphy, Beatrice Murray, Pauli Naylor, Gloria Neely, Barbara Oliver, Diane Osbey, Brenda Marie Parker, Pat Parks, Suzan-Lori Plato, Ann Porter, Connie Potter, Eliza Prince, Mary Prince, Nancy Rahman, Aishah Randall, Alice Ray, Henrietta Cordelia Rhodes, Jewell Parker Rodgers, Carolyn Marie Saloy, Mona Lisa Sanchez, Sonia Sanders, Dori Seacole, Mary Shaik, Fatima Shange, Ntozake Shockley, Ann Allen Smith, Amanda Berry Southerland, Ellease Stewart, Maria W. Summers, Barbara Tarry, Ellen Tate, Claudia Taylor, Mildred D. Taylor, Susie King Teasley, Lisa Terry, Lucy Thomas, Joyce Carol Thomas, Era Bell Tillman, Katherine Davis Chapman Todd, Ruth D. Vroman, Mary Elizabeth Wade-Gayles, Gloria Waniek, Marilyn Nelson Walker, Alice Walker, Margaret Walter, Mildred Pitts Wells-Barnett, Ida B. West, Dorothy Wheatley, Phyllis White, Paulette Childress Wilkinson, Brenda Williams, Fannie Barrier Williams, Sherley Anne Wilson, Harriet E. Wright, Sarah Elizabeth Youngblood, Shay Appendix: List of Author Awards General Bibliography Index About the Editor and the Contributors

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA82209010
• ISBN:
  • 9780313334290
  • 9780313341236
  • 9780313341243
• LCCN: 2006031193
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Westport, Conn.
• ページ数/冊数: 2 v. (xx, 684 p.)
• 大きさ: 27 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : PS153.N5
  • DC22 : 810.9/896073
• 件名:
  • LCSH : American literature -- African American authors -- Encyclopedias
  • LCSH : American literature -- Women authors -- Encyclopedias
  • LCSH : American literature -- 20th century -- Encyclopedias
  • LCSH : African American women authors -- Biography -- Encyclopedias
  • LCSH : African American women -- Encyclopedias