The Richard Wright Encyclopedia (Hardcover)

Richard Wright is one of the most important African American writers. He is also one of the most prolific. Best known as the author of Native Son, he wrote 7 novels; 2 collections of short fiction; an autobiography; more than 250 newspaper articles, book reviews, and occasional essays; some 4,000 verses; a photo-documentary; and 3 travel books. By attacking the taboos and hypocrisy that other writers had failed to address, he revolutionized American literature and created a disturbing and realistic portrait of the African American experience. This encyclopedia is a guide to his vast and influential body of works. Included are more than 350 alphabetically arranged entries, such as: Beale Street Belgium Black Boy Chicago Renaissance Civil Rights Movement Ralph Waldo Ellison Sigmund Freud Harlem Martin Luther King, Jr. Marxism Native Son Edgar Allan Poe Segregation Sharecropping And many more. Entries cite works for further reading, and the encyclopedia closes with an extensive bibliography. Literature students will value this work for its thorough overview of Wright's canon, while students in history and social studies classes will welcome it as a means of understanding the African American struggle for civil rights through literature.

General

Imprint:	Greenwood Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2008
First published:	June 2008
Editors:	Jerry W. Ward • Robert J. Butler
Dimensions:	251 x 183 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	472
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-31239-7
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
LSN:	0-313-31239-7
Barcode:	9780313312397

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