Documenting the History of African American Literature
The following are some of the many books in the University Library at USC which provide documentation to the history and development of the African American literature. Many more can be found by using the subject heading given at the bottom of the page.
- Bruce, Dickson. Black American Writing From the Nadir: The Evolution of a Literary Tradition, 1877-1915. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 1989.
- Doheny Stacks PS153.N5B77 1989
- De Weever, Jacqueline. Mythmaking and Metaphor in Black Women's Fiction. New York: St. Martin's, 1992.
- Leavey PS374.N4D4 1992
- Fabre, Michel. From Harlem to Paris: Black American Writers in France, 1840-1980. Urbana: U of Illinois P, 1991.
- Doheny Stacks; Leavey PS153.N5F34
- Gibson, Donald B. The Politics of Literary Expression: A Study of Major Black Writers. Westport: Greenwood, 1981.
- Doheny Stacks; Leavey PS374.N4G48
- Harris, Norman. Connecting Times: The Sixties in Afro-American Fiction. Jackson: UP of Mississippi, 1988.
- Doheny Stacks PS153.N5H27
- Jackson, Blyden. The Waiting Years: Essays on American Negro Literature. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State UP, 1976.
- Doheny Stacks PS153.N5J34
- Johnson, Charles. Being and Race: Black Writing Since 1970. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1988.
- Doheny Stacks; Leavey PS153.N5J63
- Russell, Sandi. Render Me My Song: African-American Women Writers From Slavery to the Present. New York: St. Martin's, 1990.
- Leavey PS153.N5R87
- Stepto, Robert. From Behind the Veil: A Study of Afro-American Narrative. Urbana: U of Illinois P, 1991.
- Doheny Stacks PS366.A35S7 1991
- Takati, Ronald. Violence in the Black Imagination: Essays and Documents. New York: Oxford UP, 1993.
- Leavey PS3744.N4T3
To locate additional books which document the history and development of African American literature, enter the following subject heading in Homer:
- American Fiction - Afro-American Authors - History and Criticism
Remember: don't use punctuation in Homer.