Book contents
- Richard Wright in Context
- Richard Wright in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Richard Wright’s Works: A Chronology
- Introduction Richard Wright’s Luck
- Part I Life and Career, Times and Places
- Part II Social and Cultural Contexts
- Part III Literary and Intellectual Contexts
- Part IV Reputation and Critical Reception
- Chapter 29 Wright’s Many Lives and the Travails of Literary Biography
- Chapter 30 Contemporary Reception
- Chapter 31 Native Son on Stage and Screen
- Chapter 32 Wright’s Critical Reputation, 1960–2019
- Chapter 33 Richard Wright in the Era of #BlackLivesMatter
- Index
Chapter 32 - Wright’s Critical Reputation, 1960–2019
from Part IV - Reputation and Critical Reception
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 July 2021
- Richard Wright in Context
- Richard Wright in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Richard Wright’s Works: A Chronology
- Introduction Richard Wright’s Luck
- Part I Life and Career, Times and Places
- Part II Social and Cultural Contexts
- Part III Literary and Intellectual Contexts
- Part IV Reputation and Critical Reception
- Chapter 29 Wright’s Many Lives and the Travails of Literary Biography
- Chapter 30 Contemporary Reception
- Chapter 31 Native Son on Stage and Screen
- Chapter 32 Wright’s Critical Reputation, 1960–2019
- Chapter 33 Richard Wright in the Era of #BlackLivesMatter
- Index
Summary
A broad survey and analysis of Wright's critical reputation from its low point at the time of his death to the great revival of interest in his work from the mid-1960s to the present day. Wright is seen not only as a major American writer but also as a transnational figure of global importance. Wright scholarship is discussed in terms of a rich historical and cultural context rooted in a number of American social and political forces as well as significant worldwide freedom movements. Careful attention is paid to major biographical studies, feminist responses to Wright's work, and new directions in Wright scholarship.
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- Richard Wright in Context , pp. 338 - 347Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021