Richard Wright : new readings in the 21st century /

Gathering some of the most important Wright scholarship in the world, along with perspectives from emerging Wright critics, Richard Wright: New Readings in the 21st Century, explores new themes and theoretical orientations.€ Essays center on modernism, racism and spatial dimensions, the transnationa...

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Corporate Authors: Palgrave Connect (Online service), ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Craven, Alice Mikal, Dow, William (William E.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:Signs of race.
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520 |a Gathering some of the most important Wright scholarship in the world, along with perspectives from emerging Wright critics, Richard Wright: New Readings in the 21st Century, explores new themes and theoretical orientations.€ Essays center on modernism, racism and spatial dimensions, the transnational and political Wright, Wright and class, Wright and the American 1950s and 1960s, and some of the first analyses of Wright's recently published A Father's Law (2008). This dynamic collection combines literary and cultural theory with methods of archival research to provide an expanded vision of Wright's impact on thinking in the twenty-first century. 
505 0 |a Introduction; A. Mikal Craven & W.E. Dow -- PART I: '(RE)PLACING RICHARD WRIGHT' -- From New Chicago Renaissance from Wright to Fair Modern and Post-Modern Eden: Richard Wright; R. Baxter Miller -- Wright Among the 'G-Men': How the FBI Framed Paris Noir; W.J. Maxwell -- A Father's Law, 1950s Masculinity, and Richard Wright's Agony Over Integration; L. Cassuto -- Seeking Salvation in a Naturalistic Universe: Richard Wright's Use of His Southern Religious Background in Black Boy (American Hunger); R.J. Butler -- PART II: 'TAKING SIDES: RACISM AND SPATIAL DIMENSIONS' -- 'White People to Either Side': Native Son and the Poetics of Space; I. Soto -- Becoming Richard Wright: Space and the WPA; T.M. Davis -- PART III: 'WRIGHT: PULP AND MEDIA, REALITY AND FICTION' -- Savage Holiday: Documentary Noir and True Crime in 12 Million Black Voices; P. Rabinowitz -- A Father's Law and Black Metropolis: Intellectual Growth and Literary Vision; J.A. Joyce -- A Queer Finale: Sympathy and Privacy in Wright's A Father's Law; J.C. Charles -- PART IV: 'WRIGHT: NEW COMPARATIVE FRAMEWORKS' -- Changing Texts: Censorship, 'Reality' and Fiction in Native Son; C. Raynaud -- 'The Astonishing Humanity': Domestic Discourses in the Friendship and Fiction of Richard Wright and Carson McCullers; J. Ulin -- When Wright Bid McKay Break Bread: Tracing Black Transnational Geneaology; G. Holcomb -- The Political Art of Wright's 'Fire and Cloud'; R. Shulman -- Richard Wright and the CircumCaribbean; J. Lowe. 
520 |a "Richard Wright: New Readings in the 21st Century positions Wright studies in the 21st century in the best way possible. Richard Wright's legacy is updated in order to meet the needs of a growing international readership. This critical volume is also a step in making his accomplishments known to new generations of scholars. Gathering some of the most important Wright scholarship in the world, along with international work of emerging Wright critics, the collection contains unexplored themes and theoretical orientations centering on racism and spatial dimensions; the transnational and political Wright; Wright and masculinity, Wright and the American 1950s and 1960s; and some of the first analyses of Wright's recently published A Father's Law (2008). The collection combines literary and cultural theory with methods of archival and bibliographic research to provide an expanded vision of Wright's potential impact on thinking in the 21st century"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
520 |a "Gathering some of the most important Wright scholarship in the world, along with international work of emerging Wright critics, the collection contains unexplored themes and theoretical orientations centering on racism and spatial dimensions; the transnational and political Wright; Wright and masculinity, Wright and the American 1950s and 1960s; and some of the first analyses of Wright's recently published A Father's Law (2008)"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
505 0 |a From new Chicago renaissance from Wright to fair : modern and post-modern Eden: Richard Wright / R. Baxter Miller -- Wright among the "G-Men" : how the FBI framed Paris Noir / William J. Maxwell -- A Father's Law, 1950s masculinity, and Richard Wright's agony over integration / Leonard Cassuto -- Seeking salvation in a naturalistic universe : Richard Wright's use of his southern religious background in Black Boy (American Hunger) / Robert J. Butler -- "White People to Either Side" : Native Son and the poetics of space / Isabelle Soto -- Becoming Richard Wright : space and the WPA / Thadious M. Davis -- Savage Holiday : documentary noir and true crime in 12 million black voices / Paula Rabinowitz -- A Father's Law and Black Metropolis : intellectual growth and literary vision / Joyce Ann Joyce -- A queer finale : sympathy and privacy in Wright's A Father's Law / John C. Charles -- Changing texts : censorship, "Reality" and fiction in Native Son / Claudine Raynaud -- "The Astonishing Humanity" : domestic discourses in the friendship and fiction of Richard Wright and Carson McCullers / Julieann Ulin -- When Wright bid McKay break bread : tracing black transnational geneaology / Gary Holcomb -- The political art of Wright's "Fire and Cloud" / Robert Shulman -- Richard Wright and the circumCaribbean / John Lowe. 
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