{"product_id":"african-american-authors-1745-1945-emmanuel-s-nelson-9780313309106","title":"African American Authors, 1745-1945: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere has been a dramatic resurgence of interest in early African American writing. Since the accidental rediscovery and republication of Harriet Wilson's \u003ci\u003eOur Nig\u003c\/i\u003e in 1983, the works of dozens of 19th and early 20th century black writers have been recovered and reprinted. There is now a significant revival of interest in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s; and in the last decade alone, several major assessments of 18th and 19th century African American literature have been published. Early African American literature builds on a strong oral tradition of songs, folktales, and sermons. Slave narratives began to appear during the late 18th and early 19th century, and later writers began to engage a variety of themes in diverse genres. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA central objective of this reference book is to provide a wide-ranging introduction to the first 200 years of African American literature. Included are alphabetically arranged entries for 78 black writers active between 1745 and 1945. Among these writers are essayists, novelists, short story writers, poets, playwrights, and autobiographers. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and provides a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, an overview of the author's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. The volume concludes with a selected, general bibliography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emmanuel S. Nelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0313309108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780313309106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Greenwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.52h x 6.38w x 1.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2001 pg. 1170\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2000 pg. 754\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Reference Bks Annual\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2001 pg. 506","brand":"Emmanuel S. Nelson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48135971799295,"sku":"9780313309106","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea9ddc95-e262-4dab-b678-fe0c1e4b16ec.jpg?v=1770159664","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/african-american-authors-1745-1945-emmanuel-s-nelson-9780313309106","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}