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African American Literature by Hans Ostrom (Editor); J. David Macey Jr. (Editor)
ISBN: 9781440871504
Publication Date: 2019-11-15
An essential volume providing an overview to African American writers and literary periods through the 21st century. Includes influences such as blues and hip hop.

African American Literature: An Encyclopedia for Students, INDEX
Use this index to quickly preview entries and their subheadings to determine immediate relevance to your project.

Encyclopedia of African American Women Writers by Yolanda Williams Page (Editor)
ISBN: 9780313334290
Publication Date: 2007-01-30
Includes entries on more than 150 novelists, poets, playwrights, short fiction writers, autobiographers, essayists, and influential scholars. Each entry also includes primary and secondary bibliographies.

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A good place to start searching to get an overview of your topic, including finding better, more specific keywords, subject headings, and names of important researchers for your specific topic. This database will include literary criticism but will not be as in-depth as the MLA International Bibliography.

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MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
The premier index covering literature, literary theory & criticism, languages & linguistics, dramatic arts, and folklore from thousands of journals and series published worldwide.
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Critical material from the Black Arts Movement. umbrasearch.org brings together hundreds of thousands digitized materials from over 1,000 libraries and archives across the country.

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