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Visible Man : The Life of Henry Dumas /

Henry Dumas (1934-1968) was a writer who did not live to see most of his fiction and poetry in print. A son of Sweet Home, Arkansas, and Harlem, he devoted himself to the creation of a black literary cosmos, one in which black literature and culture were windows into the human condition. While he ce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Leak, Jeffrey B., 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : The University of Georgia Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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