James Baldwin; a collection of critical essays. / Edited by Keneth Kinnamon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kinnamon, Keneth, compiler.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Twentieth century views

A Spectrum book ; S-TC-113

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Baldwin, James.

Baldwin, James, 1924-1987.

African Americans in literature.

Racism in literature.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Essays.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 169 pages, 9 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1974.

Contents:

Introduction / by Keneth Kinnamon

From Harlem to Paris / by Langston Hughes

James Baldwin and the "Man" / by F. W. Dupee

Baldwin and the Problem of Being / by George E. Kent

James Baldwin / by Robert A. Bone

The Lesson of the Master: Henry James and James Baldwin / by Charles Newman

Notes on a Native Son / by Eldridge Cleaver

The "Stink" of Reality: Mother and Whores in James Baldwin's Fiction / by Charlotte Alexander

James Baldwin: At Ease with Apocalypse / by Irving Howe

A Fiery Baptism / by Calvin C. Hernton

Fathers and Sons in James Baldwin's Go Tell it on the Mountain / by Michel Fabre

"Sonny's Blues": James Baldwin's Image of Black Community

The Black Musician: The Black Hero as Light Bearer / by Sherley Anne Williams

James Baldin on the Sixties: Acts and Revelations / by Benjamin DeMott.

Notes:

"Cover design by Stanley Wyatt."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-169).

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0130555665

0130555584

OCLC:

868071