Richard Wright, daemonic genius : a portrait of the man, a critical look at his work / Margaret Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998, author.

Contributor:

Warner Books (Firm), publisher.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.

Wright, Richard.

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

African American authors--Biography.

African American authors.

African Americans in literature.

Genre:

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (inscription, February 8, 1997) (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)

Walker, Margaret, 1915-1998 (autograph, February 8, 1987) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xix, 428 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Warner Books, 1988.

Summary:

The hardcover publication of this work resulted in a landmark case, Ellen Wright v. Warner Books Inc. and Margaret Walker. The court ruled in favor of Walker and Warner Books Inc. in a precedent setting opinion.

Contents:

The young Wright : nineteen years in the violent white South, 1908-1927

Wright begins to sing his broken song : ten Chicago years, 1927-1937

Wright's Medusa head : the New York years, 1937-1947

Wright's political paradox : ten Paris years, 1947-1957

The return of Mephistopheles : Wright's final years, 1958-1960.

Notes:

"An Amistad book."

"Copyright ©1988 by Margaret Walker Alexander"--verso of title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 378-411) and index.

Local Notes:

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

Banks Collection copy has newspaper review laid in. Retains dust jacket.

Banks Collection copy has inscription from author to Banks: "Very best wishes to Joanna Banks. Sincerely, Margaret Walker, National Archives, February 8, 1987"

ISBN:

0446710016

OCLC:

16356708