The Essential Black Literature Guide. Published in Association with the Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture.

Valade III, Roger M.

ISBN 10: 1578590558 / ISBN 13: 9781578590551

Published by Detroit, New York, Washington D.C., Toronto, Visible Ink Press., 1996

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15 cm x 23 cm. XVIII, 446 pages. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white portrait photographs. Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. A survey encompassing a rich array of genres, nations and time periods. Entries are organized alphabetically and include: Biographies / Literary Work Synopses / Themes, Topics and Literary Movement Essays / Terms and Genre Essays. There is also a Timeline of major events - a chronology covering the slavery era to Maya Angelou's reading of her poetry at the 1993 inauguration of President Bill Clinton. Entries include, for example: Afrocentrism / Apartheid / Jesse Jackson / Journalism / Jazz / Desmond Tutu / Underground Railroad / Segregation / etc. Writers included, for example: Chinua Achebe / James Baldwin / Langston Hughes / Toni Morrsion / Alice Walker / Richard Wright / etc. Sprache: english.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Essential Black Literature Guide. Published in Association with the Schomburg Centre for Research in Black Culture.
• Publisher: Detroit, New York, Washington D.C., Toronto, Visible Ink Press.
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1578590558
• ISBN 13: 9781578590551
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Varia

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Synopsis

This source aims to provide an increased understanding and appreciation of black literature. This text combines biography, plot synopsis and description of historic and modern movements, and presents information in a simple A-to-Z format. It includes discussion of: authors - from James Baldwin to Toni Morrison to Richard Wright; masterworks - from "I Know Why the Cages Bird Sings" to "Native Son" to "The Colour Purple"; literary styles - from surrealism to modernism to primitivism; movements that affected literature - from segregation and apartheid to civil rights; and descriptive details on spirituals, the Underground Railroad, the Harlem Rennaisance and other topics. Clearly defined are such terms as black nationalism, pan-Negro nationalism, the black aesthetic movement and the post-aesthetic movement.