Richard Wright: Critical Perspectives Past and Present (Amistad Literary S.) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1567430279 ISBN 13: 9781567430271

Publisher: Amistad Press, 2000

Synopsis

Richard Wright

(1908 -- 1960)

Of the numerous achievements that distinguish Richard Wright's place in the history of American literature, perhaps none is more important than the fact that he was the first African-American writer to sustain himself professionally from his writings alone. Primarily through the success of Native Sonand Black Boy, Wright was able to support, for two decades, a comfortable life for himself and his family in Paris. He also became, with the publication of Native Sonalone, the first internationally celebrated Black American author. If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the publication of Native Son,his first and most successful novel.

-- from the Preface by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

About this title

Synopsis:

Reviews and essays offer critical interpretations of the works of Richard Wright and discuss how he made his readers aware of the horrors of racism in America.

About this edition

• Publisher: Amistad Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1567430279
• ISBN 13: 9781567430271
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 476
• Editor: Gates Jr. Henry Louis, Appiah Kwame Anthony