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Lupton, Mary Jane
Maya Angelou : a critical companion / Mary Jane Lupton.
p. cm.--(Critical companions to popular contemporary
writers, ISSN 1082-4979)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-313-30325-8 (alk. paper)

1. Angelou, Maya--Criticism and interpretation. I. Title.
II. Series.
PS3551.N464L86 1998
818'.5409--dc21 98-17489

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.

Copyright © 1998 by Mary Jane Lupron

All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 98-17489
ISBN: 0-313-30325-8
ISSN: 1082-4979

First published in 1998

Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.

Printed in the United States of America

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The paper used in this book complies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984).

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Copyright Acknowledgments

The author and the publisher gratefully acknowledge permission for use of material
from Mary Jane Lupton's interview ("Talking with an Icon") with Maya Angelou on
June 16, 1997 and the publicity photo of Maya Angelou taken by Steve Dunwell.

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