The e-books below examine culturally significant topics within African American literature including biographies and literary criticism. A wide range of authors and cultural topics are covered including the Black Arts Movement, the Harlem Renaissance and the jazz aesthetic. Gather the background information you need from these sources and then go to OneSearch to look for more in-depth research.
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New Voices on the Harlem Renaissance: Essays on Race, Gender, and Literary Discourse,
Black Women of the Harlem Renaissance Era, Bracks, Lean'tin L. and Smith, Jessie Carney, eds. 2014.
Portraits of the New Negro Woman: Visual and Literary Culture in the Harlem Renaissance by Cherene Sherrard-Johnson, 2007.
The Encyclopedia of the Harlem Literary Renaissance : The Essential Guide to the Lives and Works of the Harlem Renaissance Writers by Lois Brown, 2005.
The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature,
Encyclopedia of African American Literature by Wilfred D. Samuels, 2013.
The Handbook of African American Literature by Hazel Arnett Ervin, 2004.
Icons of African American Literature: the Black Literary World by Yolanda William Page, 2011.