LibGuides: African American & Diaspora Studies: Literature

Literature Sources

ProQuest Learning: Literature This link opens in a new window
ProQuest Learning: Literature provides more than 180,000 full-text works of poetry, prose, and drama from around the world. This unique resource also offers secondary sources such as author biographies and multimedia, as well as literary criticisms, essays, reviews, and interviews drawn from more than 100 full-text literary magazines and journals.
JSTOR (Journal Storage Archive) This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary eJournal platform that provides complete back runs of journals in the following licensed collections: Arts & Sciences I-IV and VII, Life Sciences, Plant Sciences, Current Scholarship and Early Journal Content. On the JSTOR platform.
Gale Literature This link opens in a new window
A database provided by Gale that combines many of Gale's literary databases such as Literature Criticism Online, Literature Resource Center, Scribner, Twayne's, and several others.

The Oxford Handbook of African American Language by Sonja Lanehart (Editor)
Call Number: Available Online
ISBN: 9780199795390
Publication Date: 2015-06-01
Revisiting Racialized Voice by David G. Holmes
Call Number: Available Online
ISBN: 9780809327676
Publication Date: 2007-09-03

Black Authors, 1556-1922 This link opens in a new window
Database containing works by authors of African or African-American descent. Compiled from imprints from the Library Company of Philadelphia. On the Readex platform.
African Writers Series (part of ProQuest One Literature) This link opens in a new window
English full-text database includes the books of Heinemann series that focuses on the twentieth century. Part of Literature Online and Part of the Chadwyck-Healey Literature Collections.

"Black English Matters" | JSTOR Daily
An article discussing the grammatical structure and language myths involved with African American vernacular.
Online Resources for African American Language | University of Oregon
A web resource from the University of Oregon for understanding language and the African American community.
African American Literature | Britannica
Listing the different literary movements, their historical context and literary forms, as well as the cultural context and impact on the African American community.

Languages and literatures collections are located on the 3rd and 4th floors of Coe Library.

Level 3

PA 1-8595: Classical languages and literatures

PL 1-8844: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania

PN 1-6720: Literary history and collections (General)

PN 1600-3300: Drama

PQ 1-9999: Romance literatures

Level 4

PR 1-9680: English literature

PS 1-3565: American literature

PT 1-9999: Germanic literature