Richard Wright's Women The Thematic Treatment of Women in Uncle Tom's Children, Black Boy and Native Son |
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| Author:
| Brewton, Butler E. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-933146-93-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Publisher: | Academica Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $74.95USD $74.95USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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Richard Wright died 50 years ago and in that time there has been little research on the role of women in his powerful novels of African-American life in America. This research monograph fulfills that informational and interpretative need. It is an analysis of Wright's seemingly thin and shadowy use of female characters and a reinterpretation of those characters as symbolical instruments in the development of Wright's chief male characters as they struggle as "boy-men" in the profoundly...
More DescriptionRichard Wright died 50 years ago and in that time there has been little research on the role of women in his powerful novels of African-American life in America. This research monograph fulfills that informational and interpretative need. It is an analysis of Wright's seemingly thin and shadowy use of female characters and a reinterpretation of those characters as symbolical instruments in the development of Wright's chief male characters as they struggle as "boy-men" in the profoundly racist America of the early and mid 20th century America.