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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
11) Shadow and act
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1995.
Edition
First Vintage International edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 317 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
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.
17) Alice Walker
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
xiii, 148 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Series
Tennessee studies in literature volume 30
Publisher
University of Tennessee Press
Pub. Date
[1986]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xv, 190 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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