Richard Wright and Transnationalism - New Dimensions to Modern American Expatriate Literature

List of contents

Introduction 1. Richard White's Black Power: The Writer as a World Citizen 2. Constructing Community: Overarching Global View and Philanthropic Appeal in Wright's The Color Curtain 3. Reviving the Spanish Dream for Freedom: Civilizations Meeting in the Ghetto of Entitlement Conclusion

About the author

Mamoun Alzoubi is a Professor of English at Kent State University, USA.

Summary

Richard Wright and Transnationalism sees Dr. Mamoun Alzoubi argue that renowned American Author, Richard Wright, transformed the way that we approach comparative literature by beginning to look at matters of American racism and Civil Rights in transnational contexts, formed by the new nations surfacing from colonial rule.

Product details

• Authors: Mamoun Alzoubi, Mamoun F. I. Alzoubi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367665142
• ISBN: 978-0-367-66514-2
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: Routledge Transnational Perspectives on American Literature
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Historical Events, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / African American & Black, Literary studies: postcolonial literature