A comprehensive study of how American racial history and culture have shaped, and have been shaped by, American literature.

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This Companion surveys Asian American literature from the nineteenth century to the present day.

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This new edition provides an expanded, comprehensive history of African American theatre, from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Including discus