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The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature
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The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature Softcover - 2001

by Andrews, William L.; Frances Smith Foster & Trudier Harris (editors)

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Profiling writers from Sojourner Truth to Toni Morrison, this "Concise Companion" is one of the most substantial guides available on the growing, exciting world of African-American literature. Includes information on literary characters; general articles on poetry, fiction, and drama; autobiography, slave narratives, and Sunday school literature; and essays on a wide spectrum of topics.

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New York: Oxford University Press. Fine copy. 2001. 1st. softcover. 8vo, 488 pp. .
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  • Title The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature
  • Author Andrews, William L.; Frances Smith Foster & Trudier Harris (editors)
  • Binding softcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition Used - Fine copy
  • Pages 512
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, New York
  • Date 2001
  • Bookseller's Inventory # BOOKS108407I
  • ISBN 9780195138832 / 019513883X
  • Weight 1.58 lbs (0.72 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 1.04 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 2.64 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress subjects African Americans in literature, African Americans - Intellectual life
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00065201
  • Dewey Decimal Code 810.989

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AI (b. 1947), poet. Born in Tucson, Arizona, the poet AI, pseudonym of Florence Anthony, looks to a complex American multicultural ancestry-a Japanese father and a mother part black, Choctaw, and Irish.

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  • Choice, 09/01/2001, Page 80

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