African American Writing: A Literary Approach

by Werner Sollors

Book Overview

Werner Sollors' African American Writing takes a fresh look at what used to be called "Negro literature." The essays collected here, ranging in topic from Gustavus Vassa/Olaudah Equiano to LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka, and in time from the Enlightenment to the Obama presidency, take a literary approach to black writing and present writers as readers and as intellectuals who were or are open to the world.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439913374
• ISBN13: 9781439913376
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"