Bücher von Cheryl A. Wall

Although they have written in various genres, African American writers as notable and diverse as W.E.B. Du Bois, James Baldwin, and Alice Walker have done their most influential work in the essay form. In this volume, Cheryl A. Wall offers the first sustained study of the African American essay as a distinct literary genre.

Examining the works of Lucille Clifton, Gayl Jones, Audre Lorde, Paule Marshall, Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, and Alice Walker, this book highlights ways in which these African American authors construct family genealogies, filling in the gaps with dreams, rituals, music, or images that forge a connection to family lost through slavery.