The Norton Anthology of African American Literature (Third Edition) (Vol. Two Volume Set)
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| Rating | : | 4.31 (522 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0393911551 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 2800 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Lynn D said A Smorgasborg of African American literature. I read this for an Advanced Survey of African American Literature course and absolutely loved it. It takes you through the entire history of African American Literature, beginning with the vernacular, or works such as folktales, blues, ballads and sermons that were intended for oral communication, and continuing into the modern era with authors like Alice Walker and Nikki Giovanni. Each section begins with an introduction by the editor that provides context and background for the particular chapter of the anthology. Although it is an anthology. but the stories I read from this text were wonderful. Victoria Bermudez Probably just because I had a phenomenal instructor for this class and I'm a lit lover, but the stories I read from this text were wonderful.. educational with a nice mixture of the well-known and the obscure If I am not mistaken, I was supposed to receive both volumes of these books, but I only received Volume B and not Volume A. I need both for a class, and since I am renting the books (or rather, book, I guess), I am worried that it will seem as though I only returned one volume and not the other.As for the actual contents of Volume Bit's everything you can expect from a Norton Anthology: educational with a nice mixture of the well-known and the obscure. I have not had a chance to read it more thoroughly, but I quick skim through the pages left
Dean of the College, Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature, professor of English and African American Studies, and founding director of the Center for African American Studies, Princeton University. Holmes of Savoring the Salt: The Legacy of Toni Cade Bambara. Columbia University), Editor, The Harlem Renaissance. Director
Harvard), Editor, Literature Since 1975. Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Women’s Studies, Emory University. Yale University), Editor, The Black Arts Era. Gummere Professor of English, former provost and director of the Hurford Center for Arts and Humanities, Haverford College. Director of Issues in Critical Investigation (ICI), an initiative to stimulate new scholarship in African diasporic studies, which she founded in 2007; founding editor of The A-Line Journal, A Journal of Progressive Commentary, which she launched in 2013. Holmes of Savoring the Salt: The Legacy of Toni Cade Bambara. Recent work has app
Fresh scholarship, new visuals and media, and new selectionswith an emphasis on contemporary writerscombine to make The Norton Anthology of African American Literature an even better teaching tool for instructors and an unmatched value for students.. An exciting revision of the best-selling anthology for African American literary survey courses. The much-anticipated Third Edition brings together the work of 140 writers from 1746 to the present writing in all genres, as well as performers of vernacular formsfrom spirituals and sermons to jazz and hip hop