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African American Literature

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Concise Oxford companion to African American literature by William L Andrews; Frances Smith Foster; Trudier Harris
Call Number: Oxford Reference Online
ISBN: 019513883X
Publication Date: 2001
Presents more than 400 biographies of authors, critics, literary characters, and historical figures, and 150 plot summaries of major works. Covers a range of writers from Sojourner Truth to Frederick Douglass, and Ralph Ellison to Toni Morrison. Contains entries on major works (including synopses of novels) and also incorporates information on literary characters, as well as on character types such as Aunt Jemima and Brer Rabbit. Includes general articles on poetry, fiction, and drama and on autobiography, slave narratives, Sunday School literature, and oratory, as well as other related topics.