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Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings, edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom

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Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings, edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Language

eng

Bibliography note

"Works by Maya Angelou": p. 83Includes bibliographical references (pages 84-89) and index

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contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

52602698

Responsibility statement

edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom

Series statement

Bloom's guides

Summary

Includes a brief biography of Maya Angelou, thematic and structural analysis of the work, critical views, and an index of themes and ideas

Table Of Contents

Contents -- Introduction -- Biographical Sketch -- Story Behind the Story -- List of Characters -- Summary and Analysis -- Critical Views -- Sidonie Ann Smith on Angelou's Quest for Self-Acceptance -- Stephen Butterfield on I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings -- George E Kent on the Uniqueness of Caged Bird -- Sondra O'Neale on the Perception of Black Women -- Joanne M Braxton on Black Autobiography -- Francoise Lionnet on Autobiography as Literature -- Dolly A McPherson on Angelou's Use of comic irony -- Mary Vermillion on Angelou's Representation of rape -- Pierre A Walker on Forms of resistance -- Lyman B Hagen on Depictions of love -- Marion M Tangum and Marjorie Smelstor on the Act of gazing -- Works by Maya Angelou -- Annotated Bibliography -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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I know why the caged bird sings

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