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James Baldwin Now

By Dwight McBride

Book information

Year
1999
ISBN
0814756182, 9780814756188, 0814756174, 9780814756171, 9780585480695
LCC
PS3552.A45 Z74 1999
Open Library ID
OL530287M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1008 kB (1032012 bytes)
Pages
356\439
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

One of the most prolific and influential African American writers, James Baldwin was for many a harbinger of hope, a man who traversed the genres of art-writing novels, essays, and poetry. James Baldwin Now takes advantage of the latest interdisciplinary work to understand the complexity of Baldwin's vision and contributions without needing to name him as exclusively gay, expatriate, black, or activist. It was, in fact, Baldwin who said, "it is quite impossible to write a worthwhile novel about a Jew or a Gentile or a Homosexual, for people refuse . . . to function in so neat and one-dimensional a fashion." McBride has gathered a unique group of new scholars to interrogate Baldwin's life, his presence, and his political thought and work. James Baldwin Now finally addresses the man who spoke, and continues to speak, so eloquently to crucial issues of the twentieth century.

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