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Richard Wright


Modern Critical Views

No. of pages 215

Published: 2009

Great for age 12-18 years

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Richard Wright found a variety of sources of inspiration for his novels. Marxist, existentialist, Freudian, and Black Nationalist learnings can be found in his enduring and much-studied works, including Black Boy, Native Son, and Uncle Tom's Children. This collection of essays features an introduction by literary scholar Harold Bloom.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Modern Critical Views .

There are 215 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2009 by Chelsea House Publishers .

Harold Bloom is Sterling Professor of the Humanities at Yale University.

 

This book is in the following series:

Modern Critical Views

This book features the following characters:

Richard Wright
This book features Richard Wright.

Richard Bruce Wright
This book features the character Richard Bruce Wright.

"The accounts offer students an opportunity to absorb serious analytical styles."

 

"An excellent and balanced discussion..."

 

.,."excellent critical guide sets edited by Harold Bloom...recommended picks for audiences of young adults studying literature."

 

"A publishing venture almost without precedent both in its scope and in the fact that it is guided by a single critical intelligence."

 

"This collection of previously published essays, edited by the distinguished literary scholar Harold Bloom, is an excellent addition to the Wells critical canon."

 

"Harold Bloom adds some fantastic critical literary guides, providing interpretations and issues that should reach a wide audience from adults to young adults at the high school and college levels."