The Cambridge Companion to the African American Novel

Combining scholarship covering one hundred fifty years of novel writing in the U.S., newly commissioned essays examine eighty African American novels. They include well-known works as well as writings recently recovered or acknowledged. The collection features essays on the slave narrative, coming of age, vernacular modernism, and the post-colonial novel to help readers gain a better appreciation of the African American novel's diversity and complexity.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Graham, Maryemma
Published: 04/15/2004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521815741
Pages: 340
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 9.18h x 6.32w x 1.03d