Black Literature Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Most Significant Works of Black Authors Over the Past 200 Years
- ISBN-10
- 0810379295
- ISBN-13
- 9780810379299
- Series
- Black Literature Criticism
- Pages
- 2078
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Gale Group
Description
This contains critical excerpts on some 125 internationally-prominent black authors of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
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- 2008
- 1499 pages
- Paperback
- Gale Cengage Learning
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- 1999
- 489 pages
- Paperback
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