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Sings  \nA CA SE B O O K  \n# CASEBOOKS IN CONTEMPORARY FICTION\n\nGeneral Editor,William L.Andrews  \nWith the continued expansion of the literary canon,multicultural works of mod-ern literary iction have assumed an increasing importance or students andscholars of American literature.Casebooks in Contemporary Fiction assembles keydocuments and criticism concerning these works that have so recently becomecentral components of the American literature curriculum.The majority of thecasebooks treat fictional works;however,because the line between autobiographyand fiction is often blurred in contemporary literature,a small number of case-hooks will specialize in autobiographical fiction or even straight autobiography.Each casebook willreprint documents relating to the work's historical contextand reception,representative critical essays,an interview with the author,and aselected bibliography.The series willprovide,for the first time,an accessible forumin which readers can come to a fuller understanding of these contemporarymasterpieces and the unique aspects of the American ethnic,racial,or culturalexperiences that they so ably portray.  \nToni Morrison'sBeloved:A Casebookedited by William L.Andrewsand Nellic Y.McKay  \nMaxine Hong Kingston'sThe Woman Warrior:ACasebookedited by Sau-lingC.Wong  \nMaya Angelou's  \nKnow Why the Caged Bird Sings:A Casebookedited by Joanne M.Braxton  \nForthcoming:  \nLouise Erdrich'sLove Medicine:A Casebookedited by Hertha D.Sweet Wong  \n# MAYA ANGELOU SI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings\n\nA CA SE B OO K  \nEdited byJoanne M.Braxton  \nNew York Oxford  \nOxford University Press  \nI999  \nOxford University Press  \nOxford New York  \nAthens Auckland Bangkok Bogotá Buenos Aires CalkcuttaCape Town Chenna Darcs Salaam Delli Horence Hong Kong IstanbulKarachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbournc MexicoCity MumbaiNairobi Paris Sao Paulo Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto Warsawand associated compaties inBerlin Ibadan  \nCopyright ◎1999 by Oxford University Press,Inc.  \nPublished by Oxford University Press,Inc.198 Madison Avenue,New York,New York 19016  \nOxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press  \nAll rights rescrved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted,in any form or by any means,electronic,mechancal,photocopying.recording,or otherwisc,without the prior permission of Oxford University Press,  \nLibrary ofCongress C.ataloging-in-Publication Datat  \nMaya Angclou's I know why the caged bird sings:  \ncascbook/etited by Joanne M.Braston.  \np.cm.-(Casehsoks in contemporary fiction)  \nIncludles bibliographical referencus iand index.  \nContents:Dolly MePherson's Initiation and discovery Lcarningto live/by Opal Moore.Reembodying the sclf/hy Mary VermillionRacialprotest,identity,words and form inCaged bird/by Pierre Walker-…Maya Angelou's Caged bird/by SusanGilbertDeath as metaphcsrof seli/by Liliane K.Arensberg—-Singing the Black mother/byMaury Janc Lupton---Maya Angclou,an interview with Claudia Tate.ISBN 0-19-511605-2;TSBN0-19-516070(pbk.)  \n1.Angelou,Maya.I know why the caged bird sings.  \nz.AfroAmerican woncn authors Biography—istory and eriticism.  \n3.Women cntertainers-Biography History and criticism.  \n4.Autobiography.E Braxton,foanne M.Il.Angclou,Maya.Iknow why the caged bird sings.II.Series.  \nPS355I,N46427941998  \n818'5409-dezI 98-13245  \n135.798642  \nPrinted in theUnited States of Americain acid-free paper  \n# Credits\n\nMaya Angelou and Joanne M.Braxton.\"Interview with Maya Angelou,\"previouslyunpublished.Printed with permission of Maya Angelou and Joanne M.Braxton.Liliane K.Arensberg.\"Death as Metaphor of Self in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,\"originally published in College Language Association Journal 20,no.2(Dec.I976):273-9I.Courtesy of CLA Journal.  \nSusan Gilbert.\"Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings:Paths to Escape,\"originally published in 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