{"product_id":"the-norton-anthology-of-african-american-literature-9781324047063","title":"The Norton Anthology of African American Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Norton Anthology of African American Literature\u003c\/em\u003e brings together an extraordinary array vast in scope and deep in cultural and historical significance. Preeminent scholar and public intellectual Henry Louis Gates Jr., who presided over the book's creation in the 1990s, continues as general editor, working with a team of highly respected and creative period editors to keep the anthology teachable, up to date, and authoritative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis long-anticipated Fourth Edition, available in both print and ebook formats, introduces new works in every period, in particular a generous selection of the brilliant writing by African Americans in the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGates, Henry Louis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eHenry Louis Gates, Jr.\u003c\/strong\u003e (Ph.D.Cambridge), is Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and American Research, Harvard University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eLife Upon These Shores: Looking at African American History, 1513-2008\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eBlack in Latin America\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eTradition and the Black Atlantic: Critical Theory in the African Diaspora\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eFaces of America\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eFigures in Black: Words, Signs, and the Racial Self\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Signifying Monkey: A Theory of Afro-American Criticism\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eLoose Canons: Notes on the Culture Wars\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eColored People: A Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Future of Race with Cornel West\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eWonders of the African World\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eThe Trials of Phillis Wheatley\u003c\/em\u003e. His is also the writer, producer, and narrator of PBS documentaries \u003cem\u003eFinding Your Roots\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eBlack in Latin America\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eFaces of America\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eAfrican American Lives 1 and 2\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eLooking for Lincoln\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eAmerica Beyond the Color Line\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eWonders of the African World\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the editor of \u003cem\u003eAfrican American National Biography\u003c\/em\u003e with Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, and \u003cem\u003eThe Dictionary of African Biography\u003c\/em\u003e with Anthony Appiah; \u003cem\u003eEncyclopedia Africana\u003c\/em\u003e with Anthony Appiah; and \u003cem\u003eThe Bondwoman's Narrative\u003c\/em\u003e by Hannah Crafts, as well as editor-in-chief of TheRoot.com.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmith, Valerie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eValerie Smith\u003c\/strong\u003e (Ph.D. University of Virginia), General Editor. Dean of the College, Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature, professor of English and African American Studies, and founding director of the Center for African American Studies, Princeton University. Author of \u003cem\u003eSelf-Discovery and Authority in Afro-American Narrative\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eNot Just Race, Not Just Gender: Black Feminist Readings\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eToni Morrison: Writing the Moral Imagination\u003c\/em\u003e. Editor of several works, including \u003cem\u003eRepresenting Blackness: Issues in Film and Video\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eAfrican-American Writers\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eNew Essays on Song of Solomon\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrews, William L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam L. Andrews\u003c\/strong\u003e is E. Maynard Adams Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is general editor of \u003cem\u003eWisconsin Studies in Autobiography\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Literature of the American South: A Norton Anthology\u003c\/em\u003e, and co-editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Companion to African American Literature\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Norton Anthology of African American Literature\u003c\/em\u003e. Other works include the Norton Critical Edition of \u003cem\u003eUp From Slavery; The Literary Career of Charles W. Chesnutt\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eTo Tell a Free Story: The First Century of Afro- American Autobiography, 1760-1865\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eSisters of the Spirit; The Curse of Caste\u003c\/em\u003e by Julia C. Collins; \u003cem\u003eLife of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eSlave Narratives after Slavery\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"W. W. 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