Title: The critical reception of James Baldwin in France
First published: 1997
Description: James Baldwin's reputation has to a large extent been studied as an isolated American phenomenon. This book-length study is the first that examines the large body of criticism by French-language critics. The wealth of documents makes possible the comparison of African critics of French expression of African-American literature and allows for comparisons of Francophone and American critics as well.

James Baldwin is the most intensely studied author in France among the postwar group of African-American authors since Richard Wright. This study shows that the complex and substantive reasons for Baldwin's success go beyond the obvious interest of the French in African-American literature and his intermittent stay in France for nearly four decades.
Subjects: Appreciation, African Americans in literature, Bibliography, American fiction, Criticism and interpretation, History, American fiction, african american authors, history and criticism, Baldwin, james, 1924-1987, African American authors
Places: France
People: James Baldwin (1924-1987)
LC classification: PS3552.A45 Z59 1997