The Cambridge History of African American Literature
- ISBN-10
- 0521872170
- ISBN-13
- 9780521872171
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 847
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-02-03
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Authors
- Maryemma Graham, Jerry Washington Ward
Description
A major new history of the literary traditions, oral and print, of African-descended peoples in the United States.
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