A historical guide to James Baldwin
By: edited by Douglas Field.
Contributors: Field, Douglas, 1974-
Series: Historical guides to American authors
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780195366532; 9780195366549
Subjects: Baldwin, James, -- 1924-1987 -- Criticism and interpretation; African Americans in literature; Literature and history -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: James Baldwin, 1924-1987 : a brief biography / Randall Kenan; title: James Baldwin as religious writer : the burdens and gifts of Black evangelicalism / Clarence E. Hardy, III; title: Using the blues : Baldwin and music / D. Quentin Miller; title: James Baldwin and sexuality : lieux de mémoire within a usable past / Justin A. Joyce & Dwight A. McBride; title: Challenging the American conscience, re-imagining American identity : James Baldwin and the civil rights movement / Lynn Orilla Scott; title: "In the same boat" : James Baldwin and the other Atlantic / Magdalena J. Zaborowska; title: The price of the ticket : Baldwin criticism in perspective / Carol E. Henderson.