A Companion to African American Literature

Through a series of essays that explore the forms, themes, genres, historical contexts, major authors, and latest critical approaches, A Companion to African American Literature presents a comprehensive chronological overview of African American literature from the eighteenth century to the modern day

• Examines African American literature from its earliest origins, through the rise of antislavery literature in the decades leading into the Civil War, to the modern development of contemporary African American cultural media, literary aesthetics, and political ideologies
• Addresses the latest critical and scholarly approaches to African American literature
• Features essays by leading established literary scholars as well as newer voices

A Companion to African American Literature features in the following genres: Literature: history and criticism

A Companion to African American Literature is available in Paperback

A Companion to African American Literature was written by Gene Andrew Jarrett and published by Wiley Blackwell an imprint of Wiley

A Companion to African American Literature has 488 pages

Yes it is part of Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture series