Valade III, Roger M.

The Essential Black Literature Guide. Published in Association with the Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture.

Detroit, New York, Washington D.C., Toronto, Visible Ink Press, 1996. 15 cm x 23 cm. XVIII, 446 pages. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white portrait photographs. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

A survey encompassing a rich array of genres, nations and time periods. Entries are organized alphabetically and include: Biographies / Literary Work Synopses / Themes, Topics and Literary Movement Essays / Terms and Genre Essays.
There is also a Timeline of major events – a chronology covering the slavery era to Maya Angelou’s reading of her poetry at the 1993 inauguration of President Bill Clinton.
Entries include, for example: Afrocentrism / Apartheid / Jesse Jackson / Journalism / Jazz / Desmond Tutu / Underground Railroad / Segregation / etc. Writers included, for example: Chinua Achebe / James Baldwin / Langston Hughes / Toni Morrsion / Alice Walker / Richard Wright / etc.

• Keywords: 19th Century · 19th Century Literature · 20th Century · 20th Century Literature · American · American Authors · American Culture · American Language · American literature · American People · American Politics · Anthology · Biography · Black Culture · Black History · Black Literature · Black Studies · Catalogue No.10 – International Literature · Catalogue Ten – International Literature · Collection · Compendium · Essays · Harlem Renaissance · History · Literature · Schomburg Center · Social Conditions · Social History · Survey
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578590558
• Inventory Number: 200073AB

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