Contemporary African American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

by Emmanuel S. Nelson

Book Overview

During the last two decades, African American writers have emerged as a distinct and dominant force in world literature. This force has been gathering momentum since the 1950s, when James Baldwin published some of his most compelling works and Ralph Ellison stunned the literary establishment with his dazzling Invisible Man (1952). Empowered by the Civil Rights Movement and revitalized by the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s, this force became...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313305013
• ISBN13: 9780313305016
• Release Date: February 1999
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 552 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.5"