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Subject Guide: English: African American & Black Literature Resources

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Reference Books

Black Literary Criticism     Ref PS153 .N5B556 1992

Black American Writers     Ref Z1229 .N39 R87

Selected Black American Authors     Ref PS153 .N5P3

Index to Black American Writers in Collective Biographies     Ref Z1229 .N39C35 1983

Afro-American Writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940    Ref PS153 .N5A396 1987

Afro-American Fiction Writers after 1955     Ref PC153 .N5A34 1984

Black Plots & Black Characters     Ref PS153 .N5S65

Black American Playwrights and More Black American Playwrights  Ref Z1229 .N39A73

Contemporary Black American Playwrights and Their Plays     Ref PS153 .N5P43 1988
 
 

Web Resources

Minority Literatures - an extensive compilation of web sites for black and African American literature; the best site for links to individual author information (a page from "The Voice of the Shuttle" humanities project at the University of California, Santa Barbara).

African American Literature - information about selected writers, including Wright, Hurston, Ellison, Walker, Malcolm X, Lorde, and Morrison.

African American Literature and Poetry - focuses on current publications; reviews, excerpts, buying information.

Writing Black - a valuable collection of African American writings in full text.

African American Literature Links full text for many important works.

bell hooks pages - links to online articles by and about bell hooks.
 
 

Journals available online through Blackwell Library

  • African American Review
  • Black American Literature Forum
  • Black Issues Book Reviews

 
To search for articles by subject, go to Academic Search/ EBSCO.
For off-campus access use MdUSA  (SU ID number required)
 
To view contents, do a "title browse" search in VictorWeb and follow the online links.
  • Calliloo
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      To search by subject or browse the contents, go to Project Muse.
          For off campus access use MdUSA  (SU ID number required)

 
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