African American autobiographers : a sourcebook / edited by Emmanuel S. Nelson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nelson, Emmanuel S. (Emmanuel Sampath), 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American prose literature--African American authors--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries.

American prose literature.

Autobiography--African American authors--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries.

Autobiography.

African American authors--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries.

African American authors.

African Americans--Bio-bibliography--Dictionaries.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (428 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Framing the cultural conflict between US blacks and whites as partly a clash between orality and literacy, Nelson (English, State U. of New York, Cortland) explains that autobiographical narrative surfaced as the primary genre of African Americans when black literacy emerged. This volume provides an introduction to the diversity of writing in this tradition from the mid-18th century to the late 1990's. The 67 voices represented range alphabetically from Elizabeth Laura Adams to Richard Wright. Entries include the author's biography, autobiographical works and themes, and critical reception; and a bibliography of works and studies. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ELIZABETH LAURA ADAMS 1

Heather Rellihan

HILTON ALS 5

Jacqueline C. Jones

MAYA ANGELOU 10

Eileen 0. Jaquin

JAMES BALDWIN 29

Barbara L.J. Griffin

AMIRI BARAKA (LEROI JONES) 37

Tarshia L. Stanley

HENRY WALTON BIBB 42

Nanette Morton

GWENDOLYN BROOKS 47

Emmanuel S. Nelson

CLAUDE BROWN 51

WILLIAM WELLS BROWN 56

Linda M. Carter

LEROY ELDRIDGE CLEAVER 61

David L. Dudley

LUCILLE CLIFTON 68

Edward Whitley

ANGELA YVONNE DAVIS 73

LUCY A. DELANEY 79

Loretta G. Woodard

SAMUEL R. DELANY 83

Karl L. Stenger

TOI DERRICOTTE 90

FREDERICK DOUGLASS 95

Harish Chander

W.E.B. DU BOIS 110

ALICE MOORE DUNBAR-NELSON 119

Gwendolyn S. Jones

ZILPHA ELAW 123

Adenike Marie Davidson

EDWARD KENNEDY "DUKE" ELLINGTON 128

Joyce Russell-Robinson

OLAUDAH EQUIANO 132

JULIA A.J. FOOTE 138

Maxine Sample

PATRICE GAINES 143

Kelley A. Squazzo

HENRY LOUIS GATES JR. 147

NIKKI GIOVANNI 151

Kathlene McDonald

MARITA GOLDEN 156

RICHARD "DICK" CLAXTON GREGORY 161

Nikolas Huot

SUTTON ELBERT GRIGGS 166

JAMES ALBERT UKAWSAW GRONNIOSAW 171

Terry Novak

JUANITA HARRISON 175

JOSIAH HENSON 179

Rennie Simson

CHESTER BOMAR HIMES 185

Robin Jane Lucy

BELL HOOKS 192

Michael L. Cobb

LANGSTON HUGHES 197

ZORA NEALE HURSTON 208

ELIZABETH KECKLEY 220

JAMAICA KINCAID 225

Suzanne Hotte Massa

JARENA LEE 230

AUDRE GERALDINE LORDE 236

Chandra Tyler Mountain

MALCOLM X 246

JOHN MARRANT 255

James L. Hill

JAMES McBRIDE 259

Harmony Nicole Booker

NATHAN J. McCALL 264

Susan Evans Pond

JANET McDONALD 270

CLAUDE McKAY 274

ANNE MOODY 280

PAULI MURRAY 286

Leela Kapai

SOLOMON NORTHUP 290

Elizabeth Marsden

GWENDOLYN M. PARKER 295

ELIZA C. POTTER 299

NANCY GARDNER PRINCE 303

Yolanda Williams Page

J. SAUNDERS REDDING 307

Geetha Ravi

SARAH RICE 314

ESLANDA GOODE ROBESON 319

Bettye J. Williams

GEORGE SAMUEL SCHUYLER 323

MARY SEACOLE 328

BRENT STAPLES 333

Stacey L. Donohue

MARIA W. STEWART 338

Verner D. Mitchell

SOJOURNER TRUTH 344

Christine M. Lemchak

NAT TURNER 351

GLORIA WADE-GAYLES 355

ALICE WALKER 360

Pauld C. Barnes

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON 365

IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT 373

Lynn Domina

JOHN EDGAR WIDEMAN 379

Chris Roark

HARRIET E. WILSON 386

Emma Waters Dawson

RICHARD WRIGHT 391

H. Nigel Thomas.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400607523

9786610637195

9781280637193

1280637196

9780313011184

0313011184

OCLC:

52719330