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With a series of brilliant and provocative essays, Susan Willis has produced the first sustained, book-length study of fiction by contemporary American black women writers. Using a Marxist approach, Willis places these works in a critical context that includes history, culture, politics, and literary theory.

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“Any reader even vaguely interested in contemporary Afro-American women’s literature will find Willis’ study immensely informative. Specifying is the most illuminating and theoretically challenging book-length explication to date of the works of one of the most talented groups of writers ever to have graced the American literary landscape.” —Michael Awkward, Michigan Quarterly

Specifying Black Women Writing the American Experience

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      Publisher: MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/11/1989
      ISBN13: 9780299108946, 978-0299108946
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      With a series of brilliant and provocative essays, Susan Willis has produced the first sustained, book-length study of fiction by contemporary American black women writers. Using a Marxist approach, Willis places these works in a critical context that includes history, culture, politics, and literary theory.

      Trade Review
      “Any reader even vaguely interested in contemporary Afro-American women’s literature will find Willis’ study immensely informative. Specifying is the most illuminating and theoretically challenging book-length explication to date of the works of one of the most talented groups of writers ever to have graced the American literary landscape.” —Michael Awkward, Michigan Quarterly

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