William L. Andrews (USA) E. Maynard Adams Professor of English, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Frances Smith Foster (USA) Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Women's Studies, Emory University. Trudier Harris (USA) J. Carlyle Sitterson Professor of English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"Andrews, Foster Smith and Harris have come together again to
co-edit this concise edition....It has...reproduced in full the
excellent critical articles, entries on major works, synopses of
novels that made the parent volume such a valuable reference tool,
and has updated the bibliographies with the titles of works
published since 1997....[A] pleasure to have, and consult over and
over again."--Kliatt
"This abbreviated version...retains the parent work's devotion to
highlighting the writers and writings that have made African
American literature valuable and distinctive."--Choice
"A comprehensive collection of African American writers includes
contributions from Frederick Douglass, Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph
Ellison, Toni Morrison, and many others."--Forecast
"Here you'll find information on such well-known writers as Zora
Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison and Toni Morrison, as well as
summaries of major works....Character types such as Aunt Jemima are
discussed, along with such literary characters as Kunta
Kinte."--The Orlando Sentinel
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