Some Useful Reference Books on African American Literature
The following dictionaries, encyclopedias, and guides are useful in locating information about African American writers in general. If you, however, are interested in biographical sources in the specific genre, select one of the following:
- Hine, Darlene. Black Women in America: An Historical Encyclopedia. Brooklyn: Carlson, 1993.
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- Jordan, Casper. A Bibliographical Guide to African-American Women Writers. Westport: Greenwood, 1993.
- Reference Center Z1229.N39J67 1993
- Magill, Frank. Masterpieces of African-American Literature. New York: HarperCollins, 1992.
- Leavey; Reference Center PS153.N5M264
- Peavey, Charles. Afro-American Literature and Culture Since World War II: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale, 1979.
- Reference Center Z1229.N39P4
- Rywell, Martin. Afro-American Encyclopedia. 10 vols. North Miami: Educational Book Pub., 1974.
- Reference Center E185.A28
- Salem, Dorothy. African American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. New York: Garland, 1993.
- Leavey; Reference Center E185.96.A45
- Ploski, Harry. Reference Library of Black America. 5 vols. Detroit: Gale, 1990.
- Reference Center E185.R44 1990
- Williams, Michael. The African American Encyclopedia. 6 vols. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1993.
- Reference Center E185.A253