Encyclopedia of African-American writing : five centuries of contribution : trials & triumphs of writers, poets, publications and organizations / Bryan Conn Ph.D. & Tara Bynum Ph.D., editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.

Conn, Bryan, editor.

Bynum, Tara, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--African American authors--Dictionaries.

American literature.

African Americans--Intellectual life--Dictionaries.

African Americans.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Biographies -- Dictionaries.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 1,112 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Amenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

A timely survey of an important sector of American letters, African American Writers examines a multitude of black cultural leaders from the 18th century to the present. Updated through the present time, this new second edition covers the role and influence of African American cultural leaders from all walks of life Carefully written articles, with illustrations, cover the important events in a writer's life, education, major works, honors and awards, and family and important associates. A comprehensive, easy to use source that will complement the reference collection of any public, high school or university library, and will prove useful to all university humanities and African American studies reference collections.

Contents:

Preface to the second edition, 2009

Introduction to the third edition

Entries A-Z

Primary documents: About the primary documents

Appendix A: Chronology of writers

Appendix B: Chronology of firsts

Appendix C: Timeline

Appendix D: Writers by genre

Appendix E: Writers by occupation

Appendix F: References

Appendix G: Key to references.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78684-951-8

1-68217-719-X

OCLC:

1081003094