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1.
The Racial Problem in the Works of Richard Wright and James Baldwin
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Publisher:
Greenwood Press 1992
Subjects:
American Literature--African American Authors--History and Criticism
American Literature--20th Century--History and Criticism
African Americans in Literature
Race Relations in Literature
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960--Political and Social Views
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...understandable that Baldwin had not wantedto see...accept his text.In Giovanni's Room men love one another...and attraction.In Giovanni's Room, Baldwin wishes to speak of...disappointments. Giovanni's weakness and his vulnerabilityreplace...
3.
Great American Writers: Twentieth Century | James Agee | Julia Alvarez | Sherwood Anderson | Maya Angelou | Margaret Atwood | James Baldwin | Saul Bellow - Vol. 1
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Publisher:
Marshall Cavendish 2002
Subjects:
American Literature--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries
Authors, American--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries
American Literature--20th Century--Dictionaries
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...201D at the jazz club.Baldwin's experience as a preacher...Ronald. “James Baldwin's Visions ofOtherness in 'Sonny's Blues' and Giovanni's Room.”CLA Journal...This essay recountsJames Baldwin's experience as the...
4.
Embracing a Gay Identity: Gay Novels as Guides
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Publisher:
Bergin & Garvey 1993
Subjects:
American fiction--Male authors--History and criticism
Gays' writings, American--History and criticism
Homosexuality and literature--United States
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...black character in Giovanni's Room. Baldwin's ownanger...autobiographical elements in Giovanni's Room. This may bewhy Baldwin made his characters...critics feel that Giovanni's Room lacks theimmediacy of Baldwin's work about...
5.
Gay Histories and Cultures
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Publisher:
Garland 2000
Subjects:
Gays--History
Gays--Social Life And Customs
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...Jonathan was frequent in Baldwin's writing, including the David and Giovanni of Giovanni s Room, 1956). Baldwin's first novel, Go Tell...from biblical cadences. For Giovanni s Room Baldwin moved away from his native...
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Modern Black American Fiction Writers
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Publisher:
Chelsea House 1995
Subjects:
American Fiction--African American Authors--History And Criticism
American Fiction--African American Authors--Bio-Bibliography
American Fiction--20th Century--History And Criticism
American Fiction--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography
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...But for the same reason that in Giovanni's Room Baldwin made everybodywhite just to show...onefeels about Another Country that Baldwin writes fiction in order to use...My Name, The Fire NextTime, Baldwin dropped the complicated code for...
7.
Empty Houses: Theatrical Failure and the Novel
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Publisher:
Princeton University Press 2012
Subjects:
English Fiction--History and Criticism
American Fiction--History and Criticism
Fiction--Technique--History
Drama--Technique--History
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...version of Giovanni'sRoom (Baldwin), 194, 198–200; varietU...Thackeray and,56–57 Giovanni's Room (Baldwin), 194, 198–99,198U...Alan, 145 homosexuality: in Baldwin, 198–203;as characterological...
8.
The Black Studies Reader
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Publisher:
Routledge 2004
Subjects:
African Americans--Study And Teaching
African Americans--History
African Americans--Social Conditions
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...Gibbons El, Steven, 452 Gilroy, Paul, 44 , 260 Giovanni's Room (Baldwin), 160 Givens, Helen, 108 Glatthaar, Joseph...Ahmad, 465 Jamal, Hakim, 140 , 146-147 James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket (documentary), 344...
9.
Black Suicide
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Publisher:
Basic Books 1969
Subjects:
African Americans--Social Conditions
African Americans--Psychology
Suicide--New York (State)--New York
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...a white male whoredeems himself by having sex with Eric—seems to havealmost magical significance. In Giovanni's Room, Baldwin's other work dealing with homo­sexuality, the two main homosexuals in the story are both potentwith...
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Genders
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Publisher:
Routledge 2000
Subjects:
Sex Role
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...J. 115 Gide, André 99 , 115-16 , 118 , 120 Gilbert, S.M. 109-10 Ginsberg, Allen 96 , 105 Giovanni's Room (Baldwin) 97-100 , 105-6 Gissing, George 88 , 89 Glover, D. 146 Gouges, O. de 8 Guest, H. 15-16 hHabermas...
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