Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings

Biographical sketch

Story behind the story

List of Characters

Summary and Analysis

Critical views

Sidonie Ann Smith on Angelou's quest for self-acceptance

Stephen Butterfield on I know why the caged bird sings

George E. Kent on the Uniqueness of caged bird

Sondra O'Neale on the perception of black women

Joanne M. Braxton on Black autobiography

Francoise Lionnet on Autobiography as literature

Dolly A. McPherson on Angelou's use of comic irony

Mary Vermillion on Angelou's representation of rape

Pierre A. Walker on Forms of resistance

Lyman B. Hagen on Depictions of love

Marion M. Tangum and Marjorie Smelstor on the Act of gazing

Works by Maya Angelou.