
James Baldwin
Douglas Field(Author)
Liverpool University Press
Published on 1. October 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-7463-1207-0 (ISBN)
Description
This study provides an engaging overview and clear analysis of the fiction, non-fiction and drama of African-American writer James Baldwin (1924-1987). Whilst giving close attention to Baldwin's popular works such as Go Tell it on the Mountain and Another Country; it also explores the important but less well known themes and texts including the use of the blues, masculinity, race and sexuality.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
175 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7463-1207-0 (9780746312070)
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Person
Douglas Field is senior lecturer in twentieth century American Literature at the University of Manchester. He is the author of two books on James Baldwin and the editor of two books by Jeff Nuttall. He is the co-founding editor of James Baldwin Review. His work has been published, amongst other places, in African American Review, English Literary History, and the Times Literary Supplement, where he is a regular contributor. He is writing a book on failure and the 1960s.