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Afro-American Literature
“Essential for any collection in American literature.” Choice
From the short stories and journalism of Sui Sin Far to Maxine Hong Kingston's pathbreaking The Woman Warrior to recent popular and critical successes such as Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Sympathizer , Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist , and Kevin Kwan's Crazy Rich Asians , Asian North American literature and media encompass a long history and a diverse variety of genres and aesthetic
One of the most frequently taught slave narratives, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is assigned in many courses, including American and African American literature, African American studies, women’s studies, and even composition. Regularly excerpted in introductory American literature and composition anthologies, Douglass’s classic first-person account is ideal for exploring the
Although rarely found on college syllabi just two decades ago, Uncle Tom’s Cabin is (according to an MLA survey) one of the most frequently named additions to nineteenth-century American literature courses. The inclusion of this political, sentimental, and incredibly popular novel introduces a host of issues to the classroom: the novel’s place in the canon of women’s literature, the historical
Afro american literature
“The most comprehensive introduction currently available to the genres and major authors of native American oral and written literature.” Booklist “An essential introductory work for researchers and teachers new to Native American literatures and a helpful source for scholars in the field.” College Literature “The first thing likely to strike the reader upon opening LaVonne Ruoff’s new volume
“Since Kingston’s novel is taught in many courses, this is a welcome addition to MLA’s Approaches to Teaching World Literature series. . . . Especially useful . . . is the material on Kingston’s use of traditional Chinese sources and on Asian American literature in general.” American Literature
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