Richard wright critical perspectives (17 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Good. Richard Wright (1908 -- 1960) Of the numerous achievements that distinguish Richard Wright's place in the history of American literature, perhaps none is more important than the fact that he was the first African-American writer to sustain himself professionally from his writings alone. Primarily through the success of Native Sonand Black Boy, Wright was able to support, for two decades, a comfortable life for himself and his family in Paris. He also became, with the publication of Native Sonalone, the first internationally celebrated Black American author. If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the publication of Native Son,his first and most successful novel. -- from the Preface by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. Richard Wright (1908 -- 1960) Of the numerous achievements that distinguish Richard Wright's place in the history of American literature, perhaps none is more important than the fact that he was the first African-American writer to sustain himself professionally from his writings alone. Primarily through the success of Native Sonand Black Boy, Wright was able to support, for two decades, a comfortable life for himself and his family in Paris. He also became, with the publication of Native Sonalone, the first internationally celebrated Black American author. If one had to identify the single most influential shaping force in modern Black literary history, one would probably have to point to Wright and the publication of Native Son,his first and most successful novel. -- from the Preface by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.…

Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. First Paperback Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Very Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Softcover. Condición: Very Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, bright pages. Wrappers are faded at spine with light edge rubbing. Anthology of essays on Black American author Richard Wright and his work. Amistad Literary Series; 9.0" tall; 476 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Amistad, 1993. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is like new with light spotting to page ends. Dust jacket is like new with sticker residue to the front cover.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

Cloth. Condición: Near Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. xvi. Chapter Notes. Essayists. Chronology. Bibliography. Index. 476pp. Amistad Literary Series. Gray cloth boards with bright copper title on spine and bright copper decoration on front board. Red pictorial Dust Jacket. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. First Printing. Book is a clean tight unread copy.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. A particularly fine example; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp cornered. Literally as new. ; 476 pages; Description: xvi, 476 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 --Criticism and interpretation. African Americans in literature. Amistad Literary Series. 1 Kg.…

Condición: FINE. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. Includes 20 reviews of Wright's novels and other books and 22 critical essays on his works; the reviewers include Joyce Cary, Max Eastman, Clifton Fadiman, Zora Neale Hurston, Sinclair Lewis, Ralph Ellison, Horace A. Porter, Lionel Trilling, David Bradley and others. Essays by Dan McCall, Claudia C. Tate, Robert Stepto, Herbert Leibowitz, Houston A Baker and more. Preface by Gates. SIGNED by K. A. Appiah on the title page. One of the first six volumes of literary criticism launching the Amistad Literary series, which is devoted to literary fiction and criticism by and about African Americans. Chronology, bibliography and index. xvi, 476 pp. Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. …

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Includes dust jacket. Small markings on prelim pages.

Softcover. Condición: Fine. First Edition. First edition, wrappered issue. Octavo. xvi, 476pp. Fine in wrappers. Compilation of reviews by Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, Alain Locke, David Bradley, James T. Farrell, Malcolm Cowley, Sinclair Lewis, Nick Aaron Ford, Saunders Redding and others, as well as modern essays by Houston A. Baker, Jr., Robert Stepto, Mae Henderson, Joyce Anne Joyce and others.…

Softcover. Condición: Fine. First edition. Trade paperback. 476pp. Fine.

(1993). First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. One of six volumes of literary criticism launching the Amistad Literary series, which is devoted to literary fiction and criticism by and about African Americans. Collects reviews by Wright's contemporaries and essays by present-day scholars, treating Wright's groundbreaking fiction, autobiography and non-fiction. Contributors include Hurston, Ralph Ellison, Trilling, Sinclair Lewis, and many others. …

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. A particularly fine example; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp cornered. Literally as new. ; 476 pages; Description: xvi, 476 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 --Criticism and interpretation. African Americans in literature. Amistad Literary Series. 1 Kg.…

Amistad, New York 1993. XVI+476 pages. Publisher's soft cover. Slight traces of use on cover. Name on subtitlepage. * On the first black bestselling author.