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A political companion to James Baldwin / edited by Susan J. McWilliams.

A political companion to James Baldwin / edited by Susa...

A political companion to James Baldwin / edited by Susan J. McWilliams.

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A political companion to James Baldwin / edited by Susan J. McWilliams.

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Full title

A political companion to James Baldwin / edited by Susan J. McWilliams.

Publisher

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2017]

Call Numbers

G 2020/0547

Record Identifier

74VKaZaQr04b

MMS ID

991024290910102626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

426 pages ; 24 cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Introduction / Susan J. McWilliams -- Part I. Collective consciousness and community. "A most disagreeable mirror" : race consciousness as double consciousness / Lawrie Balfour -- The race of a more perfect union : James Baldwin, segregated memory, and the presidential race / P.J. Brendese -- James...

Publication information

Publisher

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2017]

Place of Publication

Kentucky

Date Published

[2017]

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"Acclaimed author and social critic James Baldwin (1924-1987) maintained that all American literature is intrinsically bound to the nation's social history and that all American writers are products of its political system. In seminal works such as Go Tell It on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son, and The Fire Next Time, he expresses his profound...

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Full title

A political companion to James Baldwin / edited by Susan J. McWilliams.

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Notes

General note

Political companions to great American authors

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2020/0547

Record Identifier

74VKaZaQr04b

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaZaQr04b

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ISBN

9780813169910 hardcover alkaline paper

0813169917 hardcover alkaline paper

DDC

818.5409

MMS ID

991024290910102626

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