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The twelve essays that form this book, first published in 1993, interpret Bharati Mukherjee¿s oeuvre from a variety of critical perspectives. The authors¿ approaches range from the biographical to the poststructuralist, from cultural analysis to comparative commentary to deconstructive reading.

While other works cover individual ethnic literary traditions, this encyclopedia is the first to offer a comprehensive introduction to the spectacularly diverse range of ethnic American writing. Included are more than 1100 alphabetically arranged entries by more than 300 scholars. While most of the entries are biographical, others cover genres, ethnic stereotypes, seminal works, significant places, major historical events, key pieces of legisl...

Bio-bibliographical and critical studies of fifty-seven important gay American fiction writers.

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Adopting the concept of "diaspora" - literally "dispersal", or the scattering of a people - to the historical and contemporary presence of people of Indian subcontinental origin in other areas of the world, Emmanuel Nelson uses this paradigm to analyze Indian expatriate writing.

Includes entries for 78 African American writers active between 1745 and 1945 provide biographical information, discussions of major works and themes, summaries of criticism, and primary and secondary bibliographical citations.

Despite their significant contributions to the American theater, African American dramatists have received less critical attention than novelists and poets. This reference offers thorough critical assessments of the lives and works of African American playwrights from the 19th century to the present. The book alphabetically arranges entries on more than 60 dramatists, including James Baldwin, Arna Bontemps, Ossie Davis, Zora Neale Hurston, and...

Provides alphabetically arranged entries on the lives and writings of 70 Asian American novelists.