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Informationen zum Autor Hans A. Ostrom is Professor of English and African American studies at the University of Puget Sound, USA. His teaching and research interests focus on African American literature, creative writing, and detective fiction. Ostrom is the author of several books, including Langston Hughes: A Study of the Short Fiction (1993) and A Langston Hughes Encyclopedia (2001). He is co-editor of The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature (2005) . J. David Macey Jr. is Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences and Professor of English at Fort Hays State University, USA. He specializes in the study and teaching of Old English literature, 18th-century British literature, and the history of the English language. Macey is co-editor of T he Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature and African American Literature: An Encyclopedia for Students . Klappentext This essential volume provides an overview of and introduction to African American writers and literary periods from their beginnings through the 21st century. This compact encyclopedia, aimed at students, selects the most important authors, literary movements, and key topics for them to know. Entries cover the most influential and highly regarded African American writers, including novelists, playwrights, poets, and nonfiction writers. The book covers key periods of African American literature-such as the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and the Civil Rights Era-and touches on the influence of the vernacular, including blues and hip hop. The volume provides historical context for critical viewpoints including feminism, social class, and racial politics. Entries are organized A to Z and provide biographies that focus on the contributions of key literary figures as well as overviews, background information, and definitions for key subjects. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction , Chronology , A-Z ENTRIES Angelou, Maya (1928-2014), Autobiography, Baldwin, James (1924-1987), Baraka, Amiri (1934-2014), Black Arts Movement (1960-1970), Blues Poetry, Bontemps, Arna (1902-1973), Brooks, Gwendolyn (1917-2000), Butler, Octavia E. (1947-2006), Chesnutt, Charles Waddell (1858-1932), Children's Literature, Clifton, Lucille (1936-2010), Coates, Ta-Nehisi (1975-), Cooper, Anna Julia Haywood (1858/1859-1964), Craft, William (1824-1900) and Ellen Smith Craft (1826-1891), Crafts, Hannah (1830?-?), Crime and Mystery Fiction, Cullen, Countee (1903-1946), Danticat, Edwidge (born 1969), Delany, Martin R. (1812-1885), Delany, Samuel R. (1942-), Dialect Poetry, Douglass, Frederick (1818-1895), Dove, Rita (1952-), Drama, Du Bois, W.E.B. (1868-1963), Dunbar, Paul Laurence (1872-1906), Elaw, Zilpha (ca. 1790-1873), Ellison, Ralph (1914-1994), Epic Poetry/The Long Poem, Equiano, Olaudah (1745-1797), Essay, E-Zines, E-News, E-Journals, and E-Collections, Fauset, Jessie Redmon (1882-1961), Feminism/Black Feminism, Fisher, Rudolph John Chauncey (1897-1934), Folklore, Formal Verse, Free Verse, Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. (1950-), Gay, Roxane (1974-), Gay Literature, Giovanni, Nikki (1943-), Graphic Novels, Grimké, Angelina Weld (1880-1958), Hansberry, Lorraine (1930-1965), Harlem Renaissance (ca. 1920-1932), Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins (1825-1911), Hayden, Robert (1913-1980), Hayes, Terrance (1971-), Hemphill, Essex (1957-1995), Hip-Hop, Horror Fiction, Hughes, Langston (1901-1967), Humor, Hurston, Zora Neale (1891-1960), Jacobs, Harriet Ann (1813-1897), Jazz in Literature, Johnson, Georgia Douglas (1886-1966), Johnson, James Weldon (1871-1938), Jones, Gayl (1949-), Jordan, June (1936-2002), King, Martin Luther, Jr. (1929-1968),...
