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Richard Wright's black boy / edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Viva modern critical interpretationsPublisher: New Delhi : Viva Books, 2006Description: viii, 197 p. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9788130906737 (pbk.)
  • 0195157710 (acidfree paper)
  • 0195157729 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 813.52 RIC 23 021569
LOC classification:
  • PS3545.R815 Z823 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
The story behind the story -- Critical views. W.E.B. Du Bois on weaknesses in Black boy ; Isidor Schneider reviews Black boy ; Lionel Trilling on the tragic situation in Black boy ; Ralph Ellison on the origins of Richard Wright's sensibility ; George E. Kent offers some thoughts on Richard Wright's autobiography ; Horace A. Porter on Richard Wright and the power of words ; Carla Cappetti on Richard Wright's symbolic fires ; Yoshniobu Hakutani on some unique elements in Richard Wright's autobiography ; Jennifer H. Poulos on "bad language" in Black boy ; Robert Felgar on a cultural reading of Black boy ; Abdul R. JanMohamed on the social-death culture in Black boy -- Works by Richard Wright.
Summary: A guide to Richard Wright's "Black Boy" that provides an overview of the author's life, a plot summary and analysis, background information, a character list, and selections from critical essays about the autobiography.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-210).

The story behind the story -- Critical views. W.E.B. Du Bois on weaknesses in Black boy ; Isidor Schneider reviews Black boy ; Lionel Trilling on the tragic situation in Black boy ; Ralph Ellison on the origins of Richard Wright's sensibility ; George E. Kent offers some thoughts on Richard Wright's autobiography ; Horace A. Porter on Richard Wright and the power of words ; Carla Cappetti on Richard Wright's symbolic fires ; Yoshniobu Hakutani on some unique elements in Richard Wright's autobiography ; Jennifer H. Poulos on "bad language" in Black boy ; Robert Felgar on a cultural reading of Black boy ; Abdul R. JanMohamed on the social-death culture in Black boy -- Works by Richard Wright.

A guide to Richard Wright's "Black Boy" that provides an overview of the author's life, a plot summary and analysis, background information, a character list, and selections from critical essays about the autobiography.

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