James Baldwin: America and Beyond

by Cora Kaplan and Bill Schwarz

Book Overview

"This fine collection of essays represents an important contribution to the rediscovery of Baldwin's stature as essayist, novelist, black prophetic political voice, and witness to the Civil Rights era. The title provides an excellent thematic focus. He understood both the necessity, and the impossibility, of being a black 'American' writer. He took these issues 'Beyond'---Paris, Istanbul, various parts of Africa---but this formative experience...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472051520
• ISBN13: 9780472051526
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"