The Afro-American Novel and Its Tradition

by Bernard W. Bell

Book Overview

Library Journal writes: "Civil rights advances in the last 25 years have included an awareness that the traditional canon of American literature excluded important minority authors. This study is a strong addition to the growing body of scholarly analysis examining the Afro-American contribution. Proceeding chronologically from William Wells Brown's Clotel (1853) to experimental novels of the 1980s, Bell comments on more than 150 works, with close...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870236881
• ISBN13: 9780870236884
• Release Date: May 1989
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher