James Baldwin: America and Beyond Contributor(s): Schwarz, Bill (Author), Kaplan, Cora (Author) |
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ISBN: 0472071521 ISBN-13: 9780472071524 Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - African American - History | United States - 20th Century |
Dewey: 818.540 |
LCCN: 2011014831 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" L (1.10 lbs) 228 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This fine collection of essays represents an important contribution to the rediscovery of Baldwin's stature as essayist, novelist, black prophetic political voice, and witness to the Civil Rights era. The title provides an excellent thematic focus. He understood both the necessity, and the impossibility, of being a black 'American' writer. He took these issues 'Beyond'---Paris, Istanbul, various parts of Africa---but this formative experience only returned him to the unresolved dilemmas. He was a fine novelist and a major prophetic political voice. He produced some of the most important essays of the twentieth century and addressed in depth the complexities of the black political movement. His relative invisibility almost lost us one of the most significant voices of his generation. This welcome 'revival' retrieves it. Close call. With contributions by Kevin Birmingham, Douglas Field, Kevin Gaines, Briallen Hopper, Quentin Miller, Vaughn Rasberry, Robert Reid-Pharr, George Shulman, Hortense Spillers, Colm T ib n, Eleanor W. Traylor, Cheryl A. Wall, and Magdalena Zaborowska. |
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