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Record ID marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-005.mrc:349738706:2948
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010 $a 98017489
020 $a0313303258 (alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)38856219
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050 00 $aPS3551.N464$bL86 1998
082 00 $a818/.5409$221
100 1 $aLupton, Mary Jane.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86031493
245 10 $aMaya Angelou :$ba critical companion /$cMary Jane Lupton.
260 $aWestport, Conn. :$bGreenwood Press,$c1998.
300 $axiv, 180 pages :$bportrait ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aCritical companions to popular contemporary writers,$x1082-4979
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [165]-173) and index.
505 00 $tSeries Foreword /$rKathleen Gregory Klein --$g1.$tThe Life and Works of Maya Angelou --$g2.$tThe Genre of Autobiography --$g3.$tI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970) --$g4.$tGather Together in My Name (1974) --$g5.$tSingin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (1976) --$g6.$tThe Heart of a Woman (1981) --$g7.$tAll God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986).
520 $aA biographical chapter is enriched by an exclusive interview granted by Angelou, and a chapter on genre discusses Angelou's work in the context of the tradition of American and African American autobiography. A chapter is devoted to each of the five volumes of her serial autobiography - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1970), Gather Together in My Name (1974), Singin and Swingin and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (1976). The Heart of a Woman (1981), and All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986).
520 8 $aThe discussion of each volume features sections on narrative point of view, plot development, character development, the-matic issues, style and literary devices, and an alternate critical approach from which to read the work. A complete bibliography of Angelou's work, plus a list of reviews of each work and selected secondary critical and biographical sources, complete the work.
520 8 $aThis companion is ideal for students, teachers, and others interested in Maya Angelou, the African American experience, and the craft of autobiography.
600 10 $aAngelou, Maya$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113456
650 0 $aAfrican Americans in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85002009
830 0 $aCritical companions to popular contemporary writers.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n95044807
852 00 $bglx$hPS3551.N464$iL86 1998
852 00 $bbar$hPS3551.N464$iL86 1998