Black American Women Novelists - Hardcover

Werner, Craig

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810827875 ISBN 13: 9780810827875

Publisher: Scarecrow Press, 1989

Synopsis

This bibliography serves three primary purposes. First, it provides a historical overview of commentary on black women novelists and their most important works; second, it helps identify current issues and future directions in the criticism of these works, and third, it suggests contextual information that will help students and critics avoid serious misunderstanding of these works. The bibliography begins with a thorough examination of the criticism of Afro-American literature and the recent recognition of black women's literature, in particular. The author provides an excellent overview of the historical development of the critical commentary on black women's novels. A number of general sources follow the introduction. This general section includes entries under the headings 'Biography' and 'Commentary,' followed by entries keyed to specific novels, listed in alphabetical order.

About this title

About the Author:

Craig Werner (Ph.D., University of Illinois) is Professor of Afro-American Studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He is author of numerous scholarly books, articles and reviews.

From Library Journal:

In a sensitively written introduction, Werner surveys various approaches to African-American women novelists, moving from the field's dominant literary critics, including Hoggins and Littlejohn, through Du Bois and Wright, to significant insights offered by writers June Jordan and Alice Walker themselves. He also considers the important critical challenges that these writers and their critics must still face. The author's stated goals are not only historical--he documents the major works of 32 novelists--but to help identify critical issues and trends and to suggest readings of contextual information to enhance students' and critics' understanding of these works. The book is divided into "General Studies"--an annotated list of relevant books and articles--and individual listings of the novelists, which are in alphabetical order and divided into biography, commentary, and selected titles. Essential.
- Veronica Mitchell, New York
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0810827875
• ISBN 13: 9780810827875
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 286