Black American women poets and dramatists

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Title:

Black American women poets and dramatists

Author:

Bloom, Harold.

ISBN:

9780791022092

9780791022344

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

xii, 247 pages ; 24 cm.

Series:

Writers of English

Writers of English.

Contents:

Maya Angelou -- Gwendolyn Brooks -- Alice Childress -- Lucille Clifton -- Rita Dove -- Nikki Giovanni -- Lorraine Hansberry -- Frances E.W. Harper -- Georgia Douglas Johnson -- June Jordan -- Audre Lorde -- Thylias Moss -- Carolyn M. Rodgers -- Sonia Sanchez -- Nrozake Shange -- Margaret Walker -- Phillis Wheatley.

Abstract:

The seventeen women poets and dramatists described are Maya Angelou, Gwendolyn Brooks, Alice Childress, Lucille Clifton, Rita Dove, Nikki Giovanni, Lorraine Hansberry, Frances E.W. Harper, Georgia Douglas Johnson, June Jordan, Audre Lorde, Thylias Moss, Carolyn M. Rodgers, Sonia Sanchez, Ntozake Shange, Margaret Walker, and Phillis Wheatley. A biographical summary, critical extracts and a bibliographical listing are provided for each author.

Subject Term:

American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.

American literature -- African American authors -- Bio-bibliography.

American literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.

American literature -- Women authors -- Bio-bibliography.

African American women -- Intellectual life.

Women and literature -- United States.

African American women in literature.

African Americans in literature.

Added Author:

Bloom, Harold.

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