Jarrett, Gene Andrew
A Companion to African American Literature
Through a series of essays that explore the forms, themes, genres, historical contexts, major authors, and latest critical approaches, A Companion to African American Literature presents a comprehensive chronological overview of African American literature from the eighteenth century to the modern day
- Examines African American literature from its earliest origins, through the rise of antislavery literature in the decades leading into the Civil War, to the modern development of contemporary African American cultural media, literary aesthetics, and political ideologies
- Addresses the latest critical and scholarly approaches to African American literature
- Features essays by leading established literary scholars as well as newer voices
- Editor
- Jarrett, Gene Andrew
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2013
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
- Page amount
- 488 pages
- Category
- Litterary Studies
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781118651193
- Printed ISBN
- 9781118438787