Richard Wright /

Provides a critical introduction to Richard Wright's best-known works and to the life of an intellectual whose work changed the course of race relations and American literature in the early and mid-twentieth century.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Drake, Kimberly, 1965- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ipswich, MA : Amenia, NY : EBSCO Information Services, Incorporated ; Grey House Publishing, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Critical insights.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • About This Volume
  • "Print Compels Us": Richard Wright's Literary Protest
  • Critical Contexts
  • The Biographical and Historical Contexts of Richard Wright's "I Tried To Be a Communist"
  • The Meaning of Rape in Richard Wright's Native Son
  • Richard Wright's Readers
  • Heidegger and The Outsider, Savage Holiday, and The Long Dream
  • Critical Readings
  • A Child's Eye View: Humanizing Naturalism's Horrors in Richard Wright's Uncle Tom's Children
  • Revisiting Richard Wright's Native Son as Protest Novel
  • Richard Wright's Black Boy: Black Consciousness, Artistic Expression, and Social Justice
  • Richard Wright's "I Tried To Be a Communist": Its Literary Effectiveness
  • Of Maids and Men: Racial Mythologies and Gender Revelations in Richard Wright's "Man of All Work"
  • A First Look at Native Son: Richard Wright's Uncensored Film
  • Richard Wright's Rage: Figures of Disability in A Father's Law
  • Resources
  • Chronology of Richard Wright's Life
  • Works by Richard Wright
  • Bibliography
  • Further Reading
  • About the Editor
  • Contributors
  • Index.