Icons of African American literature : the Black literary world

Author(s)

• Page, Yolanda Williams

Bibliographic Information

Icons of African American literature : the Black literary world

Yolanda Williams Page, editor

（Greenwood icons）

Greenwood, c2011

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The 24 entries in this book provide extensive coverage of some of the most notable figures in African American literature, such as Alice Walker, Richard Wright, and Zora Neale Hurston. Icons of African American Literature: The Black Literary World examines 24 of the most popular and culturally significant topics within African American literature's long and immensely fascinating history. Each piece provide substantial, in-depth information-much more than a typical encyclopedia entry-while remaining accessible and appealing to general and younger readers. Arranged alphabetically, the entries cover such writers as Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and August Wilson; major works, such as Invisible Man, Native Son, and Their Eyes Were Watching God; and a range of cultural topics, including the black arts movement, the Harlem Renaissance, and the jazz aesthetic. Written by expert contributors, the essays discuss the enduring significance of these topics in American history and popular culture. Each entry also provides sidebars that highlight interesting information and suggestions for further reading.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Maya Angelou By Kimberly Oden James Arthur Baldwin By Jasmin J. Vann Black Aesthetic By Lakisha Odlum Black Arts Movement By RaShell R. Smith-Spears Blues Aesthetic By Lynn Washington Paul Laurence Dunbar By Thomas Cassidy Henry Louis Gates Jr. By Mark S. James Harlem Renaissance By Ordner W. Taylor III E. Lynn Harris By Regina N. Bradley Langston Hughes By Karima K. Jeffrey Zora Neale Hurston By Warren J. Carson Invisible Man By Dolores V. Sisco Jazz Aesthetic By Karine Bligny Terry McMillan By Marian C. Dillahunt Toni Morrison By Annie-Paule Mielle de Prinsac and Susana M. Morris Walter Mosley By Jessica Parker Native Son By Aimable Twagilimana and Cammie M. Sublette A Raisin in the Sun By Carol Bunch Davis and Alexis M. Skinner Signifying By Timothy Mark Robinson Slave Narrative By Terry Novak The Souls of Black Folk By Robert J. Patterson Up from Slavery By Jessica Parker Alice Walker By R. Erin Huskey August Wilson By Yolanda Williams Page About the Editor and Contributors Index

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Details

• NCID: BB07535131
• ISBN:
  • 9780313352034
• LCCN: 2011015377
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Santa Barbara, Calif.
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 519 p.
• Size: 27 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS153.N5
  • DC22 : 810.9896073
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : African Americans -- Intellectual life
  • LCSH : African Americans in literature
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA8216563X