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Black Literature and Literary Theory [Paperback]

Henry Louis Gates (Editor)

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ISBN-10: 0415903343 | ISBN-13: 978-0415903349 | Publication Date: September 26, 1984 | Edition: Reprint

""Black Literature and Literary Theory" is of the first importance, not only for scholars of black literature, but also for literary critics and theorists in the traditional fields of Western literature."--W. Mitchell, University of Chicago

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"Black Literature and Literary Theory is of the first importance, not only for scholars of black literature, but also for literary critics and theorists in the traditional fields of Western literature." -- W. Mitchell, University of Chicago

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Routledge; Reprint edition (September 26, 1984)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415903343
ISBN-13: 978-0415903349
Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,778,778 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Roland Barthes is not a familiar name to academia or the general reader in Africa. Read the first page

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