Bibliograph

Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings, a casebook, edited by Joanne M. Braxton

Type

Label

Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings, a casebook, edited by Joanne M. Braxton

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-162)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

edited by Joanne M. Braxton

Series statement

Casebooks in contemporary fictionLocal authors project

Sub title

a casebook

Summary

With the continued expansion of the literary canon, multicultural works of modern literary fiction and autobiography have assumed an increasing importance for students and scholars of American literature. This exciting new series assembles key documents and criticism concerning these works that have so recently become central components of the American literature curriculum

Table Of Contents

Symbolic geography and psychic landscapes: a conversation with Maya Angelou / Joanne M. Braxton -- Initiation and self-discovery / Dolly A. McPherson -- Learning to live : when the bird breaks from the cage / Opal Moore -- Reembodying the self : representations of rape in Incidents in the life of a slave girl and I know why the caged bird sings / Mary Vermillion -- Racial protest, identity, words, and form / Pierre A. Walker -- Paths to escape / Susan Gilbert -- Death as metaphor of self / Liliane K. Arensberg -- Singing the Black mother : Maya Angelou and the autobiographical community / Mary Jane Lupton -- Maya Angelou : an interview / Claudia Tate

Target audience

adult

Classification