Format:
1 Online-Ressource
Edition:
Farmington Hills, Mi Gale 2007 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780810345546
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0810345544
Series Statement:
Dictionary of literary biography v. 76
Content:
William Attaway (1911-1986) - William Blackwell Branch (1927-) - Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-) - Frank London Brown (1927-1962) -- Owen Dodson (1914-1983) - Ralph Ellison (1914-) - Lorenz Graham (1902-) - Shirley Graham (1896-1977) - Robert Hayden (1913-1980) - Chester Himes (1909-1984) - Naomi Lang Madgett (1923-) - Willard Motley (1909-1965) - Beatrice M. Murphy (1908-) - Effie Lee Newsome (1885-1979) - Carl Ruthven Offord (1910) -Louis Peterson (1922-) - Ann Petry (1908-) - J. Saunders Redding (1906-1988) - William Gardner Smith (1927-1974) - Melvin R. Tolson (1898-1966) - Margaret Walker (1915-) - Theodore Ward (1902-1983) - Dorothy West (1907-) - Chancellor Williams (1905-) - Richard Wright (1908-1960) - Frank Yerby (1916-).
Content:
Essays on black American writers, both major and minor are presented, including poets, dramatists and playwrights. Many of these prominent black writers, whose works are taught and written about today, came to the forefront of the American literary scene during this period. The essays in this volume try to capture the nuances of the lives and literature of that period
Note:
Original 389 p
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Mode of access: Internet.
Language:
English
URL:
Available via Gale's Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
