Combining scholarship covering one hundred fifty years of novel writing in the U. S., newly commissioned essays examine eighty African American novels. They include well-known works as well as writings recently recovered or acknowledged. The collection features essays on the slave narrative, coming of age, vernacular modernism, and the post-colonial novel to help readers gain a better appreciation of the African American novel's diversity and complexity. | The Cambridge Companion to the African American Novel by Maryemma Graham, Paperback | Indigo Chapters