Books : James Baldwin: Early Novels and Stories: Go Tell It on a Mountain / Giovanni's Room / Another Country / Going to Meet the Man (Library of America)
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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9781883011512
ISBN number: 1883011515
Label: Library of America
Manufacturer: Library of America
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 992
Printing Date: February 01, 1998
Publishing house: Library of America
Sale Popularity Level: 211448
Studio: Library of America
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With burning passion, the authority of experience, and a sharp, epigrammatic wit, these essays articulate issues of race, democracy, and American identity. This edition--the most comprehensive gathering of Baldwin's nonfiction ever published--presents the complete texts of the landmark collections 'Notes of a Native Son' (1955) and 'Nobody Knows My Name' (1961); 'The Fire Next Time' (1963), a classic analysis of America's racial divide; 'No Name in the Street' (1972); and 'The Devil Finds Work' (1976); and 36 more essays, including nine never before collected.
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A novelist, essayist, playwright, and public intellectual, James Baldwin's writings on the subject of race in America undeniably made him one of the greatest African American writers of the 20th century. As the civil rights movement gained momentum in the two decades following World War II, Baldwin landed squarely in the public eye, and his prose communicated the hope and frustration of the fight for racial equality. In James Baldwin: Early Novels and Stories, editor Toni Morrison draws heavily on Baldwin's early work, including his very first novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, as well as Giovanni's Room, which was praised by the New York Times for its 'unusual candor ... and intensity.' As pertinent yesterday as it was some 30 years ago, the fiction found in this collection is powerful, eloquent, and a fitting tribute to a consummate writer.
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The Library of America is engaged in publishing definitive texts of the best-known writing in the U.S. Including James Baldwin in this series - and having Toni Morrison edit these volumes - has generated considerable critical review. It is remarkable that James Baldwin can still exercise so much hold over us. Both the fiction and the essays have a kind of raw power: it makes us realize how sensitive the nerve of "race relations" still is. "Go Tell It on the Mountain" - one of the early autobiographical stories - has already become an American classic. Baldwin's homosexuality and his ambiguous feelings towards the white establishment makes this a painful coming-of-age novel. There is no easy acess to some one so at-odds with himself and his society - and no greater rewards for anyone interested in the literature of self-discovery. These are fine volumes. They are well worth owning and belong on the shelves of anyone interested in American literature. Not all collections are worth having. The Library of America - and these Baldwin volumes - are worth owning, and they are certainly worth reading.
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