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Richard Wright's Native son

Publisher: New York : Chelsea House, 1988.
Series: Modern critical interpretations.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
Summary:
A collection of critical essays on Wright's novel, arranged chronologically in the order of their original publication.
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Named Person: Richard Wright; Richard Wright
Document Type: Book
ISBN: 1555460550 9781555460556
OCLC Number: 16984864
Notes: Includes index.
Description: viii, 174 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: The bad nigger / Dan McCall --
Bigger's infernal assumption / Roger Rosenblatt --
"What had made him and what he meant": the politics of wholeness in "How 'Bigger' was born" / Joel Roache --
The beginnings of self-realization / Michael G. Cooke --
The tragic hero / Joyce Anne Joyce --
The dissociated sensibility of Bigger Thomas / Louis Tremaine --
Alienation and creativity in Native son / Valerie Smith --
The re(a)d and the black / Barbara Johnson --
Composing Bigger: Wright and the making of Native Son / Joseph T. Skerrett, Jr.
Series Title: Modern critical interpretations.
Responsibility: edited and with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Abstract:

A collection of critical essays on Wright's novel, arranged chronologically in the order of their original publication.

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