Black writers of America : a comprehensive anthology /

This comprehensive collection of Afro-American literature - from its beginnings to the 1970s - provides a generous selection of autobiographies, essays, speeches, letters, political pamphlets, histories, journals, and folk literature as well as poems, plays, and stories - all chosen for their artist...

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Other Authors: Barksdale, Richard K. (Richard Kenneth), 1915-1993 (Editor), Kinnamon, Keneth (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : The Macmillan Company, [1972]
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Summary:This comprehensive collection of Afro-American literature - from its beginnings to the 1970s - provides a generous selection of autobiographies, essays, speeches, letters, political pamphlets, histories, journals, and folk literature as well as poems, plays, and stories - all chosen for their artistic and social significance. A carefully structured organization and the scope and diversity of selections make the anthology suitable to a variety of approaches - chronological, by topic, by theme, or by genre.
Physical Description:xxiii, 917 pages ; 26 cm
Also issued online.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 891-911) and index.
ISBN:0023060808
9780023060809
0137793995
9780137793990