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Series
Language
English
Description
Uncle Tom, Topsy, Sambo, Simon Legree, little Eva: their names are American bywords, and all of them are characters in Harriet Beecher Stowe's remarkable novel of the pre-Civil War South. Uncle Tom's Cabin was revolutionary in 1852 for its passionate indictment of slavery and for its presentation of Tom, "a man of humanity," as the first black hero in American fiction. Labeled racist and condescending by some contemporary critics,...
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 613
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1992]
Physical Desc
xvi, 192 pages : portraits ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Twayne's United States authors volume TUSAS 123
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1995]
Physical Desc
192 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
13) Shadow and act
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Edition
First Vintage International edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 317 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
14) Native son
Publisher
Facets Video
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
1 video cassette (91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Language
English
Description
Adaptation of the classic novel by Richard Wright. Set in Chicago, Native son tells the story of Bigger Thomas, a young black man who accidentally murders his employer's daughter while performing his duties as chauffeur. The combined forces of institutional racism and condescending white liberalism pursue Thomas to an unhappy end. The author plays the leading role in this film version.
Author
Series
Twayne's studies in short fiction volume no. 47
Publisher
Twayne Publishers
Pub. Date
[1993]
Physical Desc
xiii, 125 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
ix, 343 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The first collection to explore not only the diverse range of black characters in comics, but also the multitude of ways that black artists, writers, and publishers have made a mark on the industry. The book's fifteen original essays take us on a journey spanning everything from African American newspaper comics of the 1930s to Francophone graphic novels of the 2000s.
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