TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - The Cambridge history of African American literature A1 - Graham, Maryemma A2 - Ward, Jerry Washington LA - eng PP - New York PB - Cambridge University Press YR - 2010 UL - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.2250024 AB - The first major twenty-first century history of four hundred years of black writing, The Cambridge History of African American Literature presents a comprehensive overview of the literary traditions, oral and print, of African-descended peoples in the United States. Expert contributors, drawn from the United States and beyond, emphasise the dual nature of each text discussed as a work of art created by an individual and as a response to unfolding events in American cultural, political, and social history. SN - 9780521872171 hardback KW - African Americans in literature. KW - African Americans : Intellectual life. KW - American literature : African American authors : History and criticism. KW - afroamerikkalainen kirjallisuus KW - historia KW - kirjallisuudenhistoria ER -