| Description |
xv, 416 pages ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Elizabeth Laura Adams / Heather Rellihan -- Hilton Als / Jacqueline C. Jones -- Maya Angelou / Eileen O. Jaquin -- James Baldwin / Barbara L.J. Griffin -- Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones) / Tarshia L. Stanley -- Henry Walton Bibb / Nanette Morton -- Gwendolyn Brooks / Emmanuel S. Nelson -- Claude Brown / Emmanuel S. Nelson -- William Wells Brown / Linda M. Carter -- Leroy Eldridge Cleaver / David L. Dudley -- Lucille Clifton / Edward Whitley -- Angela Yvonne Davis / Emmanuel S. Nelson -- Lucy A. Delaney / Loretta G. Woodard -- Samuel R. Delany / Karl L. Stenger -- Toi Derricotte / Loretta G. Woodard -- Frederick Douglass / Harish Chander -- W.E.B. Du Bois / David L. Dudley -- Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson / Gwendolyn S. Jones -- Zilpha Elaw / Adenike Marie Davidson -- Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington / Joyce Russell-Robinson -- Olaudah Equiano / Emmanuel S. Nelson -- Julia A.J. Foote / Maxine Sample -- Patrice Gaines / Kelley A. Squazzo -- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. / Emmanuel S. Nelson -- Nikki Giovanni / Kathlene McDonald -- Marita Golden / Emmanuel S. Nelson -- Richard "Dick" Claxton Gregory / Nikolas Huot -- Sutton Elbert Griggs / Harish Chander -- James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw / Terry Novak -- Juanita Harrison / Kelley A. Squazzo -- Josiah Henson / Rennie Simson -- Chester Bomar Himes / Robin Jane Lucy -- Bell Hooks / Michael L. Cobb -- Langston Hughes / Linda M. Carter -- Zora Neale Hurston / Maxine Sample -- Elizabeth Keckley / Adenike Marie Davidson -- Jamaica Kincaid / Suzanne Hotte Massa -- Jarena Lee / Maxine Sample -- Audre Geraldine Lorde / Chandra Tyler Mountain -- Malcolm X / Emmanuel S. Nelson -- John Marrant / James L. Hill -- James McBride / Harmony Nicole Booker -- Nathan J. McCall / Susan Evans Pond -- Janet McDonald / Heather Rellihan -- Claude McKay / Barbara L.J. Griffin -- Anne Moody / Emmanuel S. Nelson -- Pauli Murray / Leela Kapai -- Solomon Northup / Elizabeth Marsden -- Gwendolyn M. Parker / Loretta G. Woodard -- Eliza C. Potter / Nikolas Huot -- Nancy Gardner Prince / Yolanda Williams Page -- J. Saunders Redding / Geetha Ravi -- Sarah Rice / Terry Novak -- Eslanda Goode Robeson / Bettye J. Williams -- George Samuel Schuyler / Emmanuel S. Nelson -- Mary Seacole / Loretta G. Woodard -- Brent Staples / Stacey L. Donohue -- Maria W. Stewart / Verner D. Mitchell -- Sojourner Truth / Christine M. Lemchak -- Nat Turner / Joyce Russell-Robinson -- Gloria Wade-Gayles / James L. Hill -- Alice Walker / Paula C. Barnes -- Booker T. Washington / David L. Dudley -- Ida B. Wells-Barnett / Lynn Domina -- John Edgar Wideman / Chris Roark -- Harriet E. Wilson / Emma Waters Dawson -- Richard Wright / H. Nigel Thomas. |
| Summary |
Framing the cultural conflict between US blacks and whites as partly a clash between orality and literacy, Nelson (English, State U. of New York, Cortland) explains that autobiographical narrative surfaced as the primary genre of African Americans when black literacy emerged. This volume provides an introduction to the diversity of writing in this tradition from the mid-18th century to the late 1990s. The 67 voices represented range alphabetically from Elizabeth Laura Adams to Richard Wright. Entries include the author's biography, autobiographical works and themes, and critical reception; and a bibliography of works and studies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR. |
| Subject |
American prose literature -- African American authors -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries.
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Autobiography -- African American authors -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries.
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African American authors -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries.
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African Americans -- Bio-bibliography -- Dictionaries.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Nelson, Emmanuel S. (Emmanuel Sampath), 1954-
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| ISBN |
0313314098 alkaline paper |
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