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" The concise Oxford companion to African American literature / "
editors, William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, Trudier Harris.
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1037223
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b791593
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The concise Oxford companion to African American literature /\ editors, William L. Andrews, Frances Smith Foster, Trudier Harris.
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2001.
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1 online resource (xxii, 488 pages)
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0198031750
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: 0199916497
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: 9780199916498
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019513883X
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9780195138832
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction; Contributors; The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature; Appendix; Editors; Index.
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Presents more than 400 biographies of authors, critics, literary characters, and historical figures, and 150 plot summaries of major works. Covers a range of writers from Sojourner Truth to Frederick Douglass, and Ralph Ellison to Toni Morrison. Contains entries on major works (including synopses of novels) and also incorporates information on literary characters, as well as on character types such as Aunt Jemima and Brer Rabbit. Looks at icons of black culture, including Muhammad Ali, John Coltrane, Marcus Garvey, Jackie Robinson, John Brown, and Harriet Tubman. Includes general articles on poetry, fiction, and drama and on autobiography, slave narratives, Sunday School literature, and oratory, as well as other related topics.
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African Americans in literature, Encyclopedias.
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American literature-- African American authors, Encyclopedias.
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Littérature américaine-- Auteurs noirs américains, Encyclopédies.
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Noirs américains dans la littérature, Encyclopédies.
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African Americans in literature.
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American literature-- African American authors.
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Dictionnaires.
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Encyclopédies.
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- American-- General.
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Ouvrages de référence.
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810.8
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PS153.N5C59 2001b
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Andrews, William L.,1946-
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Foster, Frances Smith.
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Harris, Trudier.
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Oxford University Press.
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African American literature
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