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Author Pratt, Louis H.

Title James Baldwin / by Louis H. Pratt
Published Boston, Mass. : Twayne Publishers, [1978]
©1978
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Description 1 online resource (157 pages) : portrait
Series Gale virtual reference library
Twayne's United States authors series ; TUSAS 290
Gale virtual reference library.
Twayne's United States authors series ; TUSAS 290
Contents "Common experience, uncommonly probed" -- The fear and the fury -- Love denied, love fulfilled -- The darkness within -- The confrontation of experience -- The scheme of things: new worlds and beyond
Summary Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of James Baldwin
Treats the style, theme, and technique in the novels, and in the plays, attention is given to the common themes of illusion versus reality and the search for identity
Analysis African Americans in literature
Baldwin, James Criticism and interpretation
Racism in literature
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-154) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 -- Criticism and interpretation.
SUBJECT Baldwin James
Baldwin, James 1924-1987 gnd
Baldwin, James, 1924-1987. fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00038941
Baldwin, James. swd
Subject African Americans in literature.
Racism in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Racism in literature.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 77026001
ISBN 0805746579
9780805746570