The slave narrative has become a crucial genre within African American literary studies and an invaluable record of the experience and history of slavery in the

This book brings together leading scholars to examine slavery in American literature from the eighteenth century to the present day.

The Cambridge Companion to the African American Novel presents new essays covering the one hundred and fifty year history of the African American novel. Experts

After discerning the social and historical factors surrounding its first appearance in the 1960s, Neo-Slave Narratives explores the complex relationship between

The Cambridge Companion to African American Women's Literature covers a period dating back to the eighteenth century. These specially commissioned essays highli