African American Literature Up to 1940
Texts
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave
- Benjamin Quarles, editor. Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1988.
- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- Harriet Jacobs. 1861.
- The Marrow of Tradition
- Charles W. Chesnutt. New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1901.
- The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches
- W. E. Burghardt Du Bois. 3rd Edition. Chicago, A.C. McClurg & Co., 1903.
- The Autobiography an an Ex-Colored Man
- James Weldon Johnson. 1912
Subject Guide
Natalie Borisovets
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Subjects: American Studies, Communication, Criminal Justice, History - Global & Eurasian, History - North America, Journalism & Media Studies, Latin American & Caribbean Studies, Literatures in English, New Jerseyana, Political Science, Social Work, Spanish & Portuguese Studies, Women's & Gender Studies
Library Catalogs
- Rutgers Library Catalog (QuickSearch)
- Search all Rutgers Libraries for books, videos, media, and other materials.
- Catalog of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
- Catalog of the New York Public research library "devoted to collecting, preserving and providing access to resources documenting the experiences of peoples of African descent throughout the world." The Schomburg Center contains over 5,000,000 items. [Note: When beginning a search session, select "Schomburg Center" from the pull-down menu on the right.]
Cambridge History
- The Cambridge History of African American Literature
- Maryemma Graham and Jerry W. Ward, Jr., eds. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- Essays on the evolution of African American Literature. Rutgers-restricted Access
Digitized Collections
- African American Women Writers of the 19th Century
- 42 published works by 19th century black women writers; key-word searchable. Part of the Digital Schomburg collection.
- Black Drama: 1850 to the Present
- "The full text of 1,200 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present by 201 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries." Rutgers-restricted Access
- Black Thought and Culture
- The full text of approximately 100,000 pages of non-fiction writing by leading figures in African American life and culture. Includes books, articles and essays, speeches, interviews, pamphlets and correspondence. Rutgers-restricted Access
- Black Women Writers
- Fiction, poetry, and essays by women of African nations and the African Diaspora. Writings by African American women from 1770 through the 20th century. Rutgers-restricted Access.
- Literature Online (LION)
- The full text of over 350,000 English-language literary works, including literary work in various genres from African Americans. Rutgers-restricted Access.