{"product_id":"richard-wrights-native-son-9780415344487","title":"Richard Wrights Native Son","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Wrightâs \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e (1940) is one of the most violent and revolutionary works in the American canon. Controversial and compelling, its account of crime and racism remain the source of profound disagreement both within African-American culture and throughout the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis guide to Wright's provocative novel offers: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cli\u003ean accessible introduction to the text and contexts of \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea selection of reprinted critical essays on \u003cem\u003eNative Son\u003c\/em\u003e, by James Baldwin, Hazel Rowley, Antony Dawahare, Claire Eby and James Smethurst, providing a range of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea chronology to help place the novel in its historical context \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003esuggestions for further reading. \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of the \u003cem\u003eRoutledge Guid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'What emerges clearly... is the extent to which the Routledge guides demonstrate the value of historicised readings, without burdening the first-time reader with too great an emphasis on the material reality with which the featured authors engage.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Rod Mengham, The Times Higher Educational Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003cstrong\u003ePart \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1: Texts and Contexts \u003c\/strong\u003e Richard Wright: A Brief Biography. The Voices of Native Son. The Dostoevskian Voice. The Transplantation of the Blues. Bigger’s Vernacular Voice. Social Determinism: An Anti-American Accent? Bigger: Silenced by Whiteness? Chronology \u003cstrong\u003ePart \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2: Critical History\u003c\/strong\u003e First Responses: James Baldwin. First Responses: Ralph Ellison and Irving Howe. Feminist Readings. The Black Atlantic and Beyond \u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Critical Readings\u003c\/strong\u003e Many Thousands Gone\u003cem\u003e James Baldwin \u003c\/em\u003e(1951) The Shadow of the White Woman: Richard Wright and the Book-of-the-Month Club \u003cem\u003eHazel Rowley\u003c\/em\u003e(1999) From No Man's Land to Mother-Land: Emasculation and Nationalism in Richard Wright's Depression Era Urban Novels \u003cem\u003eAnthony Dawahare \u003c\/em\u003e(1999) Slouching toward Beastliness: Richard Wright's Anatomy of Thomas Dixon \u003cem\u003eClare Eby \u003c\/em\u003e(2001) Invented by Horror: The Gothic and African American Literary Ideology in Native Son \u003cem\u003eJames Smethurst \u003c\/em\u003e(2001) \u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Web Resources and Further Reading\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018136944983,"sku":"9780415344487","price":43.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415344487.jpg?v=1750775752","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/richard-wrights-native-son-9780415344487","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}