Individual Publications
American Writers Classics by ISBN: 9780684312484Publication Date: 2002-12-20Each of the 20-25 essays in this volume focuses on a single work of American Literature. Written in clear, jargon-free style by college and university professors, each essay explores the nuances of a particular work -- themes, characterization, use of language -- enabling the student to comprehend, interpret and write about the classics.
Icons of African American Literature by Call Number: MAIN REF DESK PS153.N5 I33 2011ISBN: 9780313352034Publication Date: 2011-10-17The 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, Zora Neale Hurston, and Toni Morrison. 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.
Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers by Call Number: MAIN REF DESK PS153.N5 E49 2007 vol. 2ISBN: 9780313334290Publication Date: 2007-01-30African 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.
Black Literature Criticism by Call Number: MAIN REF DESK PS153.N5 B556 1992 vol. 3ISBN: 0810379325Publication Date: 1992-01-01
Databases
- Gale Literature This link opens in a new windowFull-text database that includes author biographies and work overviews, literary criticism, and indexed books, essays, and articles on world literature, and well as full-text of poems, short stories, novels, essays, speeches and plays.
