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Dictionary of literary biography volume 51
Language
English
Description
This newest volume of the Dictionary of Literary Biography adds 34 important black writers. Besides such well-known names as Arna Bontemps, Langston Hughes, and James Weldon Johnson, there are others less familiar such as Jessie R. Fauset and Willis Richardson. Each sketch is lively, well researched and candid, and consists of three parts: a checklist of the author's work, a 6-to-12 page essay, and a brief bibliography of secondary sources. Well-chosen...
Series
Dictionary of literary biography volume 31
Language
English
Description
Thirty-first in the Dictionary of Literary Biography series, the volume provides a biographical-bibliographical guide to the colonial period in American literary history. The literature of the period reflects a gradual and subtle blending of two heritages: New Engalnd Puritanism, and European Enlightenment. Covering creative writers and figures who influenced the minds of the people, entries in this volume include career chronology, list of publications,...
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