Native Son

• Author : Richard Wright
• Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
• Release : 10 April 2021

Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Richard Wright's novel is just as powerful today as when it was written -- in its reflection of

• Author : Harold Bloom
• Publisher : Infobase Publishing
• Release : 10 April 2021

An overview of the work features a biographical sketch of the author, a list of characters, a summary of the plot, and critical and analytical views of the work.

• Author : Robert Butler,Robert Olen Butler
• Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
• Release : 10 April 1991

An examination and study of the novel Native son and why it holds a singular position in American literature.

• Author : James Baldwin
• Publisher : Penguin UK
• Release : 02 November 2017

'The story of the negro in America is the story of America ... it is not a very pretty story' James Baldwin's breakthrough essay collection made him the voice of his generation. Ranging over Harlem in the 1940s, movies, novels, his preacher father and his experiences of Paris, they capture the complexity of black life at the dawn of the civil rights movement with effervescent wit and prophetic wisdom. 'A classic ... In a divided America, James Baldwin's fiery critiques reverberate anew'

• Author : Ana Fraile
• Publisher : Rodopi
• Release : 01 January 2007

The eleven essays collected in this volume engage the objective of Rodopi's Dialogue Series by creating multidirectional conversations in which senior and younger scholars interact with each other and with previous scholars who have weighed in on the novel's import. Speaking from distant corners of the world, the contributors to this book reflect an international interest in Wright's unique combination of literary strategies and social aims. The present volume may be of interest for students who are not very familiar

• Author : Ward Churchill
• Publisher : South End Press
• Release : 10 April 1996

Ward Churchill has emerged over the past decade as one of the strongest and most influential voices of native resistance in North America. From a Native Son collects his most important and unflinching essays, which explore the themes of

• Author : Anna Nicole Glotzer
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 10 April 2021

Shakespeare's Othello, the powerful tragedy of societal distortions of the black male narrative brought to bear on interracial frameworks, has resonated in varying contemporary adaptations. The narrative of Othello inspired both the legendary theatrical performance of Paul Robeson and Richard Wright's literary adaptation in his novel Native Son. This thesis examines both the embrace of Othellophilia and the ways in which it complicates the racial context of the United States by capturing the myth as an allegory suited to the

• Author : Richard Wright
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 10 April 1993

Traces the fall of a young Black man in 1930s Chicago as his life loses all hope of redemption after he kills a white woman

• Author : Houston A. Baker
• Publisher : Prentice Hall
• Release : 10 April 1972

Essays to help you understand and appreciate Wright's novel, Native son.

• Author : Richard Bucci
• Publisher : Research & Education Assoc.
• Release : 24 April 2015

REA's MAXnotes for Richard Wright's Native Son MAXnotes offer a fresh look at masterpieces of literature, presented in a lively and interesting fashion. Written by literary experts who currently teach the subject, MAXnotes will enhance your understanding and enjoyment of the work. MAXnotes are designed to stimulate independent thought about the literary work by raising various issues and thought-provoking ideas and questions. MAXnotes cover the essentials of what one should know about each work, including an overall summary, character lists,

• Author : Nambi E. Kelley,Richard Wright
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 10 April 2021

"Suffocating in rat-infested poverty on the South Side of Chicago in the 1930s, 20-year -old Bigger Thomas struggles to find a place for himself in a world whose prejudice has shut him out. After taking a job in a wealthy white man's house, Bigger unwittingly unleashes a series of events that violently and irrevocably seal his fate. Adapted with theatrical ingenuity by Chicago's own Nambi E. Kelley, this Native Son captures the power of Richard Wright's novel for a whole

• Author : Addison Gayle
• Publisher : Peter Smith Pub Incorporated
• Release : 10 April 1983

A biography of the black author who died in 1960.

• Author : Richard Abcarian
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 10 April 1970

• Author : Rhodes E. J. Chimonyo,Nebraska Wesleyan University
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 10 April 1973

"A justification of Richard Wright's Native son, to the effect that, because of its ability to portray the Afro-American's political and social experience very frankly, powerfully and authentically, this novel has forced the Negro issue into universal attention not only for the past, but for the present generation." Title page.

• Author : Paul Green,Richard Wright
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 10 April 1980