Understanding James Baldwin

In the present historical moment, James Baldwin matters more than ever.

About the author

Marc Dudley is an associate professor of English at North Carolina State University, specializing in both twentieth-century American literature and African American literature. The author of Bloodlines and the Color Line: Hemingway, Race, and Art, he has also published in the Hemingway Review and is coeditor of the forthcoming Teaching Hemingway and Film.

Summary

The Harlem-born son of a storefront preacher, James Baldwin died almost thirty years ago, but his spirit lives on in the still-relevant musings of his novels, short stories, essays, and poems. In Understanding James Baldwin, Marc Dudley shows that a proper grasp of Baldwin's work begins with a grasp of the times in which he wrote.

Product details

• Authors: Marc Dudley
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781643360768
• ISBN: 978-1-64336-076-8
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Understanding Contemporary Ame; Understanding Contemporary American Literature
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies