A Historical Guide to James Baldwin

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-19-536654-9
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 390 g

Reihe: Historical Guides to American Authors

With contributions from major scholars of African American literature, history, and cultural studies, A Historical Guide to James Baldwin focuses on the four tumultous decades that defined the great author's life and art. Providing a comprehensive examination of Baldwin's varied body of work that includes short stories, novels, and polemical essays, this collection reflects the major events that left an indelible imprint on the iconic writer: civil rights, black nationalism
and the struggle for gay rights in the pre- and post-Stonewall eras. The essays will also highlight Baldwin's under-studied role as a trans-Atlantic writer, his lifelong struggle with faith, and his use of music, especially the blues, as a key to unlock the mysteries of his identity as an exile, an artist,
and a black American in a racially hostile era.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Field, Douglas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur

Über Autor(innen)

Douglas Field is Lecturer in Contemporary Literature, Staffordshire University, UK and he is the book review editor for Callaloo.