A historical guide to James Baldwin / edited by Douglas Field.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Field, Douglas, 1974-

Series:

Historical guides to American authors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baldwin, James, 1924-1987--Criticism and interpretation.

Baldwin, James.

Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.

African Americans in literature.

Literature and history--United States--History--20th century.

Literature and history.

Criticism and interpretation.

United States.

History.

Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

Physical Description:

x, 262 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

Summary:

The Historical Guides to American Authors is an interdisciplinary, historically sensitive series that combines close attention to the United States' most widely read and studied authors with a strong sense of time, place, and history. Placing each writer in the context of the vibrant relationship between literature and society, volumes in this series contain historical essays written on subjects of contemporary social, political, and cultural relevance. each volume also includes a capsule biography and illustrated chronology detailing important cultural events as they coincided with the author's life and works, while photographs and illustrations dating from the period capture the flavor of the author's time and social milieu. Equally accessible to students of literature and of life, the volumes offer a complete and rounded picture of each author in his or her America.

Contents:

James Baldwin, 1924-1987 : a brief biography / Randall Kenan

James Baldwin as religious writer : the burdens and gifts of Black evangelicalism / Clarence E. Hardy III

Using the blues : James Baldwin and music / D. Quentin Miller

James Baldwin and sexuality : lieux de mémoire within a usable past / Justin A. Joyce and Dwight A. McBride

Challenging the American conscience, re-imagining American identity : James Baldwin and the civil rights movement / Lynn Orilla Scott

"In the same boat" : James Baldwin and the other Atlantic / Magdalena J. Zaborowska

The price of the ticket : Baldwin criticism in perspective / Carol E. Henderson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780195366532

0195366530

9780195366549

0195366549

OCLC:

281090586