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Maya Angelou : the iconic self / Mary Jane Lupton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lupton, Mary Jane.
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Angelou, Maya--Criticism and interpretation.
- Angelou, Maya.
- Women and literature--United States--History--20th century.
- Women and literature.
- African Americans in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 202 pages)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California : Greenwood, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2016]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book presents the life and writings of Maya Angelou. It examines the changing viewpoints in her six autobiographies within the context of women's and African American autobiographies, with specific reference to the slave narrative and to contemporary fiction and film.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. The Life and Works of Maya Angelou; 2. The Genre of Autobiography; 3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970); 4. Gather Together in My Name (1974); 5. Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (1976); 6. The Heart of a Woman (1981); 7. All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986); 8. A Song Flung Up to Heaven (2002); 9. In Memoriam; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400683848
- 9798216115809
- 9781440837593
- 1440837597
- OCLC:
- 934514464
- Publisher Number:
- 10.5040/9798400683848
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