Richard Wright's Black Boy (American Hunger): A Casebook (Casebooks in Criticism) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Richard Wright's Black Boy (American Hunger): A Casebook (Casebooks in Criticism) Book

This casebook gathers together the most important critical responses to Richard Wright's autobiography. It includes a 1945 interview with Richard Wright, contemporary reviews of Black Boy written by W.E.B. Du Bois, Lionel Trilling, Mary McCarthy, and Ralph Ellison, and eight critical essays. These essays address a range of topics including the circumstances of the book's original publication in 1945; the relationship between the novel and Wright's actual biography; the African-American autobiographical tradition; the influences of various writers and literary movements on Black Boy; and the impact of African-American vernacular and oral performance on Wright's autobiography.Read More

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  • 0195157729
  • 9780195157727
  • 14 August 2003
  • OUP USA
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 224
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