A unique and vital guide that summarizes, explains and evaluates the greatest works of African-American literature including articles on writings from James Baldwin, W. E. B. DuBois, Langston Hughes, Malcolm X, Toni Morrison and many more.
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This newest work by prolific editor Magill includes articles on 149 titles in African American literature from various genres. Some 91 authors are represented, 37 of whom are women. Entries, which are generally well written and informative, include sections on the principal characters, plot, analysis, and the critical context. Descriptions of the standard works, including a number of young adult titles, are presented. There are also several lesser-known works (e.g., Raymond Andrew's Appalachee Red, Barry Beckham's Runner Mack, and William Demby's Beetlecreek ). The inclusion of some nonliterary titles (e.g., Shelby Steele's The Content of Our Character and Orlando Patterson's Slavery and Social Death ) could be questioned, especially when important writers such as Margaret Walker and John Oliver Killens have been excluded. Nevertheless, this is an essential purchase that provides material not always easily available elsewhere.
- Louis J. Parascandola, Long Island Univ., Brooklyn Campus
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
- Louis J. Parascandola, Long Island Univ., Brooklyn Campus
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
About the Author
Dr. Frank N. Magill has been a writer and editor of distinguished reference works for the past forty years. John K. Roth is Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California. In 1988, he was named Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
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For any interested in the culture and history of African American literature, published in 1992, this is a great guide, a keepsake. If you don't know of any famous or not so famous African novelists, poets, playwrights, essayists, biographers, this book will introduce you to plenty.Frank McGill has compiled this companion to Masterpieces of American Literature (Masterpieces of ... Series), Masterpieces of World Literature, and Masterpieces of World Philosophy. Here, you will get a summary of the plot, description of the central characters, an analysis, and critical evaluation of the work. The summary and analysis average 1,000 words, while the critical evaluation is about 500 words. Included with publication date, is the genre, such as: autobiography, novel, poetry, play. But on top of that, you will learn the type the genre is, mainly: slave narrative, social criticism, poetic drama, naturalism, psychological realism, etc. McGill has enlisted the aid of contributing reviewers, namely distinguished professors from universities, but only a name is applied to the end of the essays. You will find enough on James Baldwin, Terry McMilan, Maya Angelou, Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, Alice Walker, Ernest Gaines, W.E.B. Dubois, Malcolm X, August Wilson, Richard Wright, Ntozake Shange, Chester Himes, Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, etc. Plenty of poets, Gwendolyn Brooks, Sterling Brown, Nikki Giovanni, June Jordan, Claude McKay and more. This compilation is absolutely essential to any literary lover!......Rizzo
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