Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-183) and index.
Summary
This book considers the key literary, political, historical and intellectual contexts of African American literature from its origins to the present, and also provides students with an analysis of the most up-to-date literary trends and debates in African American literature. This accessible and engaging guide covers a variety of essential topics such as:0-The origins of African American Literature0-The Emergence of Slave Narratives0-The Harlem Renaissance0-Mid-twentieth century black American Literature0-Literature of the civil rights and Black Power era0-Contemporary African American Writing0-Key theoretical debates within the field.
Contents
Introduction and overview : the stories of African American literature -- The era of slavery -- Reconstruction through the 1910s -- The era of the Harlem Renaissance -- Mid-twentieth-century literature -- The 1960s and the black arts movement -- 1970-2000 : the flourishing of black women writers and the return to black history -- Twenty-first century writing : a time of reckoning.
