Twentieth century interpretations of Native son
Subtitle: a collection of critical essays.
By: Edited by Houston A. Baker, Jr.
Series: Twentieth century interpretations
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Published: 1972
Place of publication: Englewood Cliffs, N.J
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 124
ISBN-13: 9780136099826
Subjects: Wright, Richard, 1908-1960; Thomas, Bigger (Fictitious character); African American men in literature; Trials (Murder) in literature; Murder in literature
Description: Essays to help you understand and appreciate Wright's novel, Native son.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Houston A. Baker, Jr.; title: How "Bigger" was born / Richard Wright; title: Many thousands gone / James Baldwin; title: Black boys and native sons / Irving Howe; title: Richard Wright / Robert A. Bone; title: The bad nigger / Dan McCall; title: Richard Wright : blackness and the adventure of Western culture / George E. Kent; title: Wright's invisible native son / Donald B. Gibson; title: Introduction to the first edition / Dorothy Canfield Fisher; title: Richard Wright : the case of Bigger Thomas / Malcolm Cowley; title: Remembering Richard Wright / Nelson Algren; title: Chronology of important dates; title: Notes on the editor and contributors