Contents:

• Literary Encyclopedias & Other Reference Sources
• Bibliographies
• Serial Bibliographies

Dictionary of Literary Biography

(REF PS88.D57). Long extended essays on individual authors and literary topics. To locate the entry on a particular author, check the author index in the last volume of the set. Volumes covering African American authors are as follows:

Afro-American Writers Before the Harlem Renaissance

(Vol. 50).

Afro-American Writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940 (Vol. 51).

Afro-American Writers, 1940-1955 (Vol. 76).

Afro-American Poets since 1955 (Vol. 41).

Afro-American Fiction Writers after 1955 (Vol. 33).

Afro-American Writers after 1955 : Dramatists and Prose Writers (Vol. 38).

Flora, Joseph M. Fifty Southern Writers After 1900: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook (REF PS261.F54 1987).

Includes entries on Ralph Ellison, Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson and Richard Wright. Kellner, Bruce.

Harlem Renaissance: A Historical Dictionary for the Era (REF NX511.N4H37 1984).

Presents articles on authors and topics connected with the Harlem Renaissance. Roses, Lorraine E.

Harlem Renaissance and Beyond: Literary Biographies of 100 Black Women Writers, 1900-1945 (REF PS153.N5R65 1990).

Rush, T. Black American Writers, Past and Present: A Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary. (REF Z1229.N39R87).

Covers over 2,000 Black American writers from the early 18th century to the early 1970's. Arranged in alphabetical order by author; includes biographic information, a list of works by the author and a list of critical works on the author. Smith, Valerie.

African American Writers (REF PS153.N5A344 1991).

Presents long extended essays on African American authors from Phyllis Wheatley to Gloria Naylor.

Drama Peterson, B.L. Early Black American Playwrights and Dramatic Writers (REF PS153.N5P44 1990).

Peterson, B.L. Contemporary Black American Playwrights and Their Plays (REF PS153.N5P43 1988).

Plays by Black playwrights are described; also includes biographical information. Woll, Allen.

Dictionary of the Black Theatre: Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Selected Harlem Theatre (REF PN2270.A35W64 1983).

Information on plays and authors.

The Oxford Companion to African American Literature (REF) PS153 N5)96 1997.

Magill, Frank N. Masterplots II. African American Series (REF PS 153 N5M2645 1994)

Draper, James P (ed). Black Literature Criticism: excerpts from criticism of the most significant works of Black Authors over the past 200 years

African American Review: A Journal of Afro-American and African Arts and Letters, 1992+ (Per);

Continues, Black American Literature Forum (Per). Official MLA Publication.

Callaloo, 1976+ (Per).

Publishes creative works and critical articles.

BIBLIOGRAPHIES

French, W. Afro-American Poetry and Drama, 1760-1975; A Guide to Information Sources. (REF Z1229.N39A37).

Lists, in chronological order, dramatists and poets, their works, published and unpublished, biography and criticism. Glikin, Ronda.

Black American Women in Literature: A Bibliography, 1976 Through 1987 (REF PS153.N5G57 1989).

Perry, Margaret. Harlem Renaissance: An Annotated Bibliography and Commentary (REF NX511.N4P47 1982).

Lists citations for works by and about Black writers of the era. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

Kaiser Index to Black Resources, 1948-1986(REF E185.K25 1992).

Provides citations to 174,000 articles published in Black periodicals plus references to articles on the Black experience published in other sources. Literary topics and writers receive extensive coverage. Southern, Eileen.

African-American Traditions in Song, Sermon, Tale, and Dance, 1600s-1920; An Annotated Bibliography of Literature, Collections, and Artworks (REF NX512.2.A35S68 1990).

Kutenplon, Deborah. Young Adult Fiction by African American Writers, 1968-1993: A Critical and Annotated Guide (REF PS 153 N5K88 1996)

Jordan, Casper LeRoy. A Bibliographical Guide to African-American Women Writers (REF Z1229 N39J67 1993)

Nelson, Emmanuel S. African American Authors, 1745-1945: Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook REF PS153 N5A32 2000

Drama & Dramatists

Arata, E. Black American Playwrights, 1800 to the Present: A Bibliography (REF Z1229.N39A7).

Arata, E. More Black American Playwrights: A Bibliography (REF Z1229.N39A73).

Black playwrights and their works are listed, together with criticism and reviews.

Gavin, Christy. African AMerican women playwrights: a research guide (REF PS 153 .N5G29 1999).

Hatch, J. Black Playwrights, 1823-1977; An Annotated Bibliography of Plays (REF Z1231.D7H37) [1977].

Williams, Dana A. Contemporary African American Female Playwrights: An Annotated Bibliography (REF PS 338 N4W55 1998)

Fiction

Deodene, F. Black American Fiction Since 1952 (Wiggins Z1361.N39D45).

Describes fiction works by Black authors written from 1953 to 1970.

Fairbanks, C. Black American Fiction: A Bibliography (REF Z1229.N39F34).

Twentieth century novels and short fiction are cited together with biographies and critiques.

Margolies, E. Afro-American Fiction, 1853-1976: A Guide to Information Sources (REF Z1229.N39M37)

Lists novels, bibliographies, and critical studies.

Whiteman, M. Century of Fiction by American Negroes, 1853-1952; A Descriptive Bibliography. (REF Z1361.N39W5).

Nelson, Emmanuel S. Contemporary African American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook (REF PS374 N4C658 1999)

Werner, Craig. Black American Women Novelists: An Annotated Bibliography (REF PS153 N5W43 1989)

  SERIAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Index to Periodical Articles By and About Blacks, 1950+ (Index Table 14).

An annual author-title-subject index to articles and book reviews by and about Afro-Americans which appear in over 30 African American journals.

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