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The Cambridge Companion to James Baldwin (Cambridge Companions to Literature) Kindle Edition

by Michele Elam (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
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This Companion offers fresh insight into the art and politics of James Baldwin, one of the most important writers and provocative cultural critics of the twentieth century. Black, gay, and gifted, he was hailed as a 'spokesman for the race', although he personally, and controversially, eschewed titles and classifications of all kinds. Individual essays examine his classic novels and nonfiction as well as his work across lesser-examined domains: poetry, music, theatre, sermon, photo-text, children's literature, public media, comedy, and artistic collaboration. In doing so, The Cambridge Companion to James Baldwin captures the power and influence of his work during the civil rights era as well as his relevance in the 'post-race' transnational twenty-first century, when his prescient questioning of the boundaries of race, sex, love, leadership, and country assume new urgency.
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    Cambridge Companions to Literature
  2. Print length
    273 pages
  3. Language
    English
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    On Kindle Scribe
  5. Publisher
    Cambridge University Press
  6. Publication date
    April 9, 2015
  7. File size
    2051 KB
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"The Companion … addresses Baldwin's work in relation to his social and political contexts, as well as examining lesser-studied aspects of his oeuvre, including his collaborations, his poetry, and - best of all - his humour."
Rona Cran, The Times Literary Supplement

About the Author

Michele Elam is Professor of English at Stanford University, California. She is an affiliate with the Michelle R. Clayman Insitute for Gender Studies, African and African American Studies, and Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity. Elam is the author of Race, Work, and Desire in American Literature, 1860–1930 and The Souls of Mixed Folk: Race, Politics, and Aesthetics in the New Millennium, and is currently working on editing a critical mixed race studies reader.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00SYVZ6UG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; Illustrated edition (April 9, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 9, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2051 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Up to 4 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 273 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1107618185
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 9 ratings

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Dwsnyc
3.0 out of 5 stars Typographic errors in Kindle
Reviewed in the United States on April 2, 2015
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The Kindle version (on an iPad, at any rate) has quite a lot of typographic errors. Can't these be fixed, please? The content looks great, but it's hard to read.
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