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Black Literature Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Most Significant Works of Black Authors over the Past 200 Years - Hardcover
A collection of excerpted criticism on major works by prominent black writers from the past 200 years. A total of 125 writers from the US, Nigeria, South Africa, and a dozen other nations are featured in comprehensive author entries which provide detailed profiles of each author and a history of critical response to his or her works. About half the entries are entirely new, and about half were selected from Gale's acclaimed Literary Criticism Series and updated for inclusion here. Interviews and author statements are included in many entries, as are author portraits and other illustrations. For high school, college, and university students, as well as general readers. A beautiful job but with one caveat: 125 entries only scratch the surface. Where are Willard Motley, Edward Brathwaite (Kamau), C.L.R. James, Walter Rodney, Orlando Patterson, dozens (if not hundreds) more? Let's hope the set will be extended into an ongoing series. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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This book introduces readers to an unbiased spectrum of significant black writers throughout the world, including Chinua Achebe, Toni Morrison, and Wole Soyinka. Selections were made on the basis of scope, quantity of critical information available, recommendations from notable authorities, retrospective evaluations, seminal articles on authors' works, current commentaries offering recent viewpoints, and interviews and authors' statements regarding their works. Absolutely a one-of-a-kind reference, this work is a valuable means of examining various approaches to literary research for all types of students and for the general reader who wants to know more about black literature. It is timely, comprehensive, and relevant in its recognition of the powerful impact these authors have had on society for 200 years.
- Gayle S. Leach, Wayne State Univ., Detroit
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Gayle S. Leach, Wayne State Univ., Detroit
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherGale / Cengage Learning
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0810379295
- ISBN 13 9780810379299
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages3
- EditorDraper James P.
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