Allegory 2 American fiction History and criticism 2 African American authors 1 African American women 1 African American women in literature 1 Desire in literature 1 Domestic fiction, American 1 Heroines in literature 1 Human body in literature 1 Identity (Psychology) in literature 1 Intellectual life 1 Marriage in literature 1 Politics and literature 1 Self in literature 1 Women authors 1