A Historical Guide to James Baldwin by Douglas Field

A Historical Guide to James Baldwin by Douglas Field

With contributions from major scholars of African American literature, history, and cultural studies, A Historical Guide to James Baldwin focuses on the four tumultous decades that defined the great author's life and art. Providing a comprehensive examination of Baldwin's varied body of work that includes short stories, novels, and polemical essays, this collection reflects the major events that left an indelible imprint on the iconic writer: civil rights, black nationalism and the struggle for gay rights in the pre- and post-Stonewall eras. The essays will also highlight Baldwin's under-studied role as a trans-Atlantic writer, his lifelong struggle with faith, and his use of music, especially the blues, as a key to unlock the mysteries of his identity as an exile, an artist, and a black American in a racially hostile era.

A Historical Guide to James Baldwin is welcome and timelyIt caps a decade of renewed interest in this major twentieth-century figure and sets the terms of debate for the decade to come. Moreover, as a Baldwin scholar and a student in an undergraduate seminar on Baldwin, we can testify to how it speaks to scholars at all levels and lends itself to course adoption...This collection belongs on the shelf of any Baldwin scholar, student, or aficionado. * Brian Norman and Lauren A. Wilson, Callaloo *

Douglas Field is Lecturer in Contemporary Literature, Staffordshire University, UK and he is the book review editor for Callaloo.

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ISBN 13	9780195366549
ISBN 10	0195366549
Title	A Historical Guide to James Baldwin
Author	Douglas Field
Series	Historical Guides To American Authors
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oxford University Press Inc
Year published	2009-10-01
Number of pages	272
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