African American Literature

The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature, edited by William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster and Trudier Harris, Oxford University Press

Here is the definitive guide to African American literature, with more than 400 biographies of authors, critics, literary characters and historical figures, and 150 plot summaries of major works. There are also general articles on poetry, fiction and drama; and on autobiography, slave narratives, Sunday School literature and oratory.

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