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Title Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings / edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Publication Info. New York : Bloom's Literary Criticism, [2011]
©2011

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA818.54 M451    Check Shelf
Edition New edition.
Description 122 pages ; 23 cm.
Series Bloom's guides.
Bloom's guides.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Biographical sketch -- The story behind the story -- List of characters -- Summary and analysis -- Critical views -- Liliane K. Arensberg on rootless-ness and stability in caged bird -- Susan Gilbert on Maya Angelou: the writer in the writers' tradition -- Carol E. Neubauer interviews Angelou about writing autobiography -- Elizabeth Fox-Genovese on breaking out of the cage of racism -- Onita Estes-Hicks on Angelou's redemptive view of the south -- Opal Moore on the courage to read caged bird -- Pierre A. Walker on blending artistic style with political message in caged bird -- Lyman B. Hogan on Angelou's characterization of male and female blackness -- Marion M. Tangum and Marjorie Smelstor on being caught in the gaze -- Siphokazi Koyana and Rosemary Gray on cultural and political influences on Angelou's triumph over racism and poverty -- Yolanda Pierce on resilience and Black motherhood -- Works by Maya Angelou -- Annotated bibliography.
Subject Angelou, Maya. I know why the caged bird sings.
African American authors -- Biography -- History and criticism.
African Americans -- Biography -- History and criticism.
African Americans in literature.
Racism in literature.
Southern States -- In literature.
Added Title I know why the caged bird sings
ISBN 9781604138764 hardcover
1604138769 hardcover
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