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Black Women Novelists: The Development of a Tradition, 1892-1976 (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies) by Barbara T. Christian, Barbara Christian is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
What is Black Women Novelists: The Development of a Tradition, 1892-1976 (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies) about?
Surveying the evolution of images of black women in black fiction from 1892 to 1976, Christian analyzes novelists from Frances Harper through Zora Neale Hirston to Anne Perty. She traces the struggle of black female novelists to contend against the images that have defined them in American life and literature. Part II discusses three contemporary novelists -- Paule Marshall, Tom Morrison and Alice Walker.
Who reads Black Women Novelists: The Development of a Tradition, 1892-1976 (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies)?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Barbara T. Christian, Barbara Christian
- Publisher
- Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press
- Published
- 1980
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780313207501
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Literary Criticism, Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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