Maya Angelou Pathfinder

REFERENCE BOOKS

Bain, Robert and Joseph M. Flora, eds. Contemporary Poets, Dramatists, Essayists and Novelists of the South: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994. (REF PS 261 .C568 1994)

Bloom, Harold, ed. Black American Women Poets and Dramatists. New York, NY: Chelsea House Publishers, 1996. (REF PS 153 .N5 B547 1996)

Davis, Thadious M. and Trudier Harris-Lopez, eds. Afro-American Writers After 1955: Dramatists and Prose Writers (Dictionary of Literary Biography, v.38). Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1985. (REF PS 153 .N5 A39 1985) (Located on West Wall Study Carrel -- 7th floor)

Draper, James P., ed. Black Literature Criticism: Excerpts From Criticism of the Most Significant Works of Black Authors Over the Past 200 Years, Volume 1. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1992. (REF PS 153 .N5 B556 1992)

Hatch, Shari Dorantes and Michael R. Strickland, eds. African-American Writers: A Dictionary. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2000. (REF PS 153 .N5A3444 2000)

Jason, Philip K., ed. Critical Survey of Poetry, Volume 1. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2003. (REF PN 1021 .C7 2003) (6th Floor Desk Reference -- on shelf next to clock)

Jason, Philip K. and Tracy Irons-Georges, ed. Masterplots II: Poetry Series, Volumes 2 and 8. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2002. (REF PN 1110.5 .M37 2002) (6th Floor Desk Reference -- on shelf next to clock)

Lupton, Mary Jane. Maya Angelou: A Critical Companion. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1998. (REF PS 3551 .N464 Z7578 1998)

Matuz, Roger, ed. Contemporary Southern Writers. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 1999. (REF PS 261 .C569 1999)

Peck, David, ed. American Ethnic Writers, Volume 1. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2000. (REF PS 153 .M56A414 2000)

Poetry Criticism: Excerpts From Criticism of the Works of the Most Significant and Widely Studied Poets of World Literature, Volume 32. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Inc., 1991. (REF PN 1010 .P63x)

Poetry for Students, Volumes 2-3. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Inc., 1998. (REF PN 1101 .P756)

Shelton, Pamela L., ed. Contemporary Women Poets. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 1998. (REF PS 151 .C67 1998)

Showalter, Elaine, Lea Baechler, and A. Walton Litz, eds. Modern American Women Writers. New York, NY: Scribner, 1991. (REF PS 151 .M54 1991)

Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. Encyclopedia of Southern Literature. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1997. (REF PS 261 .S515 1997)

Unger, Leonard. American Writers, Supplement 1, Part 1. New York, NY: Scribner, 1979. (REF PS 129 .A55 Suppl.)

ARTICLES

Arensburg, Liliane K. "Death as Metaphor of Self in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." CLA Journal, 20 (1976): 273-91. (PER P 1 .A1C22)

Coulthard, A. R. "Poetry as Politics: Maya Angelou's Inaugural Poem, 'On the Pulse of Morning'." Notes on Contemporary Literature, 28 (1998): 2-5. (PER PN 6010.5 .N5)

Froula, Christine. "The Daughter's Seduction: Sexual Violence and Literary History." Signs, 11 (1986): 21-44. (PER HQ 1101 .S5)

Mayer, Sister J Eleanor. "Neighborhoods: Maya Angelou's "Harlem Hopscotch'". English Journal, 77 (1988): 86-88. (PER PE 1 .E5)

Schmidt, Jan. "The Other: A Study of the Persona in Several Contemporary Women's Autobiographies." CEA Critic, 43 (1980): 24-31. (PER PE 1011 .C22)

Winter, David G.; Stewart, Abigail J. "Commentary: Tending the Garden of Personality." Journal of Personality, 63 (1995): 711-28. (PER BF 1.J66)

BOOKS

Berry, J. Bill, ed. Home Ground: Southern Autobiography. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1991. pp. 98-109. (PS 261 .H66 1991)

Hord, Fred Lee. Reconstructing Memory. Chicago, IL: Third World Press, 1991. pp.75-85 (PS 153 .N5 H67 1991)

Perry, Carolyn and Mary Louise Weaks, eds. The History of Southern Women's Literature. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2002. pp. 517-24. (PS 261 .H534 2002)

Plimpton, George, ed. Women Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews. New York, NY: Modern Library, 1998. (PN 471 .W56 1998)

Williams, Mary E., ed. Readings on Maya Angelou. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 1997. (PS 3551 .N464 Z84 1997)

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WEBSITES

Free Poems and Poetry (http://www.beginners-guide-to-ebay.com/maya-angelou-poems.html)

Maya Angelou: Annotated Bibliography (http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/angeloubib.htm)

Maya Angelou Discussion Forum (http://www.empirezine.com/spotlight/maya/maya1.htm)

Reception of Maya Angelou's Poetry (http://english.rutgers.edu/angelou.htm)

Voices from the Gaps (http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/ANGELOUmaya.html)

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