Black Literature Criticism: Classic and Emerging Authors since 1950

摘要

Black Literature Criticism: Classic and Emerging Authors since 1950 complements two earlier publications from Gale in this subject area: Black Literature Criticism (1992) and its Supplement (1999). In the work reviewed here, eighty major black writers of the past fifty years are featured, 48 of them entirely new and not featured in the previous volumes. (Entries for those writers featured in the earlier volumes and selected here have been updated and fresh critical texts added.) The authors featured span several genres and represent many nations, including Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Barbados, Zimbabwe, Haiti, South Africa, Kenya, Guyana, Algeria, and almost half (38), the USA. There are two British authors featured: Benjamin Zephaniah and Fred D'Aguiar. It should be noted, however, that many of the authors grew to prominence in countries not of their birth.