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African American Literature: A Research Guide
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Andrews, William L., Frances Smith Foster, and Trudier Harris. The Oxford Companion to African American Literature.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. (also available via netlibrary)
Dawson, Alma, and Connie Jean Van Fleet. African American Literature: A Guide to Reading Interests.
Genreflecting Advisory Series. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2004.
Ervin, Hazel Arnett. The Handbook of African American Literature. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2004.
Hatch, Shari Dorantes, and Michael R. Strickland. African-American Writers: A Dictionary. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Abc-Clio, 2000.
Southgate, Robert L. Black Plots & Black Characters: A Handbook for Afro-American Literature. Syracuse, N.Y.: Gaylord Professional Publications, 1979.
Smith, Valerie. African American Writers. 2nd ed. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2001.
Witalec, Janet. The Harlem Renaissance: A Gale Critical Companion. Gale Critical Companion Collection. Detroit: Gale, 2003.
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
Brignano, Russell C. Black Americans in Autobiography: An Annotated Bibliography of Autobiographies and Autobiographical Books Written since the Civil War. Rev. and expanded ed. Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1984.
Davis, Arthur Paul. From the Dark Tower; Afro-American Writers (1900 to 1960). Washington: Howard University Press, 1974.
Davis, Thadious M., and Trudier Harris. Afro-American Fiction Writers after 1955. Dictionary of Literary Biography; V. 33. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co., 1984.
Foster, Mamie Marie Booth. Southern Black Creative Writers, 1829-1953: Biobibliographies. Bibliographies and Indexes in Afro-American and African Studies, No. 22. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
Harris, Trudier. Afro-American Writers before the Harlem Renaissance. Dictionary of Literary Biography; V. 50. Detroit, Mich.: Gale, 1986.
---.Afro-American Writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940. Dictionary of Literary Biography; V. 51. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co., 1987.
---.Afro-American Writers, 1940-1955. Dictionary of Literary Biography; V. 76. Detroit, Mich.: Gale, 1988.
Inge, M. Thomas, Maurice Duke, and Jackson R. Bryer. Black American Writers: Bibliographical Essays. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1978.
Matthews, Geraldine O., and North Carolina Central University. School of Library Science. African-American Materials Project. Black American Writers, 1773-1949: A Bibliography and Union List. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1975.
Nelson, Emmanuel S. African American Authors, 1745-1945: Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2000.
Rush, Theressa Gunnels, Carol Fairbanks, and Esther Spring Arata. Black American Writers Past and Present: A Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1975.
Scally, M. Anthony. Negro Catholic Writers, 1900-1943, a Bio-Bibliography. Detroit: W. Romig, 1945.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Humanities Division.A Checklist of Twentieth Century Black American Creative Writing in the Libraries of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chapel Hill, 1972.
Valade, Roger M., Denise Kasinec, and Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.The Schomburg Center Guide to Black Literature from the Eighteenth Century to the Present. New York: Gale Research, 1996.
Arata, Esther Spring. More Black American Playwrights: A Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1978.
Arata, Esther Spring, and Nicholas John Rotoli. Black American Playwrights, 1800 to the Present: A Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1976.
Black Drama
Davis, Thadious M., and Trudier Harris. Afro-American Writers after 1955: Dramatists and Prose Writers. Dictionary of Literary Biography; V. 38. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co., 1985.
French, William P., and Geneviève Fabre. Afro-American Poetry and Drama, 1760-1975: A Guide to Information Sources. Gale Information Guide Library. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1979.
Gavin, Christy. African American Women Playwrights: A Research Guide. Critical Studies on Black Life and Culture; V. 31. New York: Garland Pub., 1999.
Hatch, James Vernon, and Ted Shine. Black Theatre USA: Plays by African Americans. Rev. and expanded ed. New York: Free Press, 1996.
Hatch, James Vernon, and Omanii Abdullah. Black Playwrights, 1823-1977: An Annotated Bibliography of Plays. New York: Bowker, 1977.
Nelson, Emmanuel S. African American Dramatists: An A to Z Guide. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2004.
Peterson, Bernard L. Contemporary Black American Playwrights and Their Plays: A Biographical Directory and Dramatic Index. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.
---.Early Black American Playwrights and Dramatic Writers: A Biographical Directory and Catalog of Plays, Films, and Broadcasting Scripts. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.
Turner, Darwin T. Black Drama in America: An Anthology. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1994.
Williams, Dana A. Contemporary African American Female Playwrights: An Annotated Bibliography. Bibliographies and Indexes in Afro-American and African Studies, No. 37. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1998.
Women of Color, Women of Words
African-American Poetry of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
African-American Poetry of the Twentieth Century
Chapman, Dorothy Hilton. Index to Poetry by Black American Women. Bibliographies and Indexes in Afro-American and African Studies, No. 15. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.
---. Index to Black Poetry. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1974.
Frankovich, Nicholas, and David Larzelere. The Columbia Granger's Index to African-American Poetry. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.
French, William P., and Geneviève Fabre. Afro-American Poetry and Drama, 1760-1975: A Guide to Information Sources. Gale Information Guide Library. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1979.
Harris, Trudier, and Thadious M. Davis. Afro-American Poets since 1955. Dictionary of Literary Biography; V. 41. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co., 1985.
Pettis, Joyce Owens. African American Poets: Lives, Works, and Sources. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002.
Poets.org--from the Academy of American Poets
Deodene, Frank, and William P. French. Black American Fiction since 1952; a Preliminary Checklist. Chatham, N.J.: Chatham Bookseller, 1970.
Fairbanks, Carol, and Eugene A. Engeldinger. Black American Fiction: A Bibliography. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1978.
Margolies, Edward, and David Bakish. Afro-American Fiction, 1853-1976: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1979.
Nelson, Emmanuel S. Contemporary African American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1999.
Werner, Craig Hansen. Black American Women Novelists. Magill Bibliographies. Pasadena, Calif.: Salem Press, 1989.
Bruck, Peter. The Black American Short Story in the 20th Century: A Collection of Critical Essays. Amsterdam: Grüner, 1977.
Clarke, John Henrik. Black American Short Stories: One Hundred Years of the Best. New York: Hill and Wang, 1993.
Ford, Nick Aaron, and Harry Lee Faggett. Best Short Stories by Afro-American Writers, 1925-1950. Boston: Meador Pub. Co., 1950.
Kanwar, Asha. The Unforgetting Heart: An Anthology of Short Stories by African American Women, 1859-1993. 1st ed. San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 1993.
Major, Clarence. Calling the Wind: Twentieth-Century African-American Short Stories. 1st ed. New York: HarperPerennial, 1993.
Yancy, Preston M. The Afro-American Short Story: A Comprehensive, Annotated Index with Selected Commentaries. Bibliographies and Indexes in Afro-American and African Studies, No. 10. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1986.
Kutenplon, Deborah, and Ellen Olmstead. Young Adult Fiction by African American Writers, 1968-1993: A Critical and Annotated Guide. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities; V. 1606. New York: Garland Pub., 1996.
Murphy, Barbara Thrash, and Barbara Rollock. Black Authors and Illustrators of Books for Children and Young Adults: A Biographical Dictionary. 3rd / ed. New York: Garland Pub., 1999.
Polette, Nancy. Celebrating the Coretta Scott King Awards: 101 Ideas & Activities. Fort Atkinson, Wis.: Alleyside Press, 2000.
Rand, Donna, Toni Trent Parker, and Black Books Galore! Black Books Galore!--Guide to Great African American Children's Books About Boys. New York: Wiley, 2001.
---. Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children's Books About Girls. New York: John Wiley, 2001.
---. Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children's Books. New York: Wiley, 1998.
---. Black Books Galore! Guide to More Great African American Children's Books. New York: Wiley, 2001.
Smith, Henrietta M. The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-2004. 3rd ed. Chicago: American Library Association, 2004.
Stephens, Claire Gatrell. Coretta Scott King Award Books: Using Great Literature with Children and Young Adults. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 2000.
Williams, Helene. Books by African-American Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults. Chicago: American Library Association, 1991.
ABELL
Black Literature, 1827-1940.
JSTOR
Literature Online
Literature Resource Center
MLA International Bibliography
Project Muse
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African American Authors
African Americans -- Folklore
American fiction -- African American authors
American literature -- African American authors
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