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"This world is not my home" : a critical biography of African American writer Charles Wright /
"In the 1950s, Charles Wright's (1932-2008) star was on the rise. After dropping out of high school and serving in the Korean War, the young Black writer landed in New York, where he was mentored by Norman Mailer, signed a book deal with a leading publisher, and was celebrated by the likes...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amherst :
University of Massachusetts Press,
[2023]
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| Colección: | African American intellectual history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Chapter One: A Tumultuous, Traumatic Missouri Childhood
- Chapter Two: The Struggle to Become a Writer in New York City
- Chapter Three: An Existential Reading of The Messenger
- Chapter Four: The Years in Tangier and the Finding of a Home
- Chapter Five: The Publication of The Wig
- Chapter Six: Writing in the 1970s and the Village Voice
- Chapter Seven: Life after Absolutely and the Hodenfields
- Chapter Eight: Stalled in the 1980s
- Chapter Nine: Forgotten in the 1990s
- Chapter Ten: The Death and Rediscovery of Charles Wright and His Fiction
- Notes
- Index