A Richard Wright Bibliography: Fifty Years of Criticism and Commentary, 1933-1982 (Bibliographies and Indexes in Afro-American and African Studies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0313254117 ISBN 13: 9780313254116

Publisher: Greenwood, 1988

Synopsis

Any future biographical work on Richard Wright will find this bibliography a necessity; academic or public libraries supporting a program of black culture will find it invaluable; and it belongs in any library supporting American literature studies. Richard Wright has truly been well served. Choice

The most comprehensive bibliography ever compiled for an American writer, this book contains 13,117 annotated items pertaining to Richard Wright. It includes almost all published mentions of the author or his work in every language in which those mentions appear. Sources listed include books, articles, reviews, notes, news items, publishers' catalogs, promotional materials, book jackets, dissertations and theses, encyclopedias, biographical dictionaries, handbooks and study guides, library reports, best seller charts, the Index Translationum, playbills and advertisements, editorials, radio transcripts, and published letters and interviews. The bibliography is arranged chronologically by year. Each entry includes bibliographical information, an annotation by the authors, and information about all reprintings, partial or full. The index is unusually complete and contains the titles of Wright's works, real and fictional characters in the works, entries relating to significant places and events in the author's life, important literary terminology, and much additional information.

About this title

About the Author:

KENETH KINNAMON is Ethel Pumphrey Stephens Professor of English and Chairman of the English Department at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

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Review:

"There is something fascinating about watching the work of an author make its way after the author's death through the inevitable process of critical reevalution. It is now clear that Richard Wright has emerged as a significant figure in American literature. . . The record begins with a single 1933 notice in a mimeographed announcement and, year by year, lists public appearances, public statements, and critical reaction to his writing in the print media of 54 nations. The list for each year is in alphabetical order by author. The index is highly detailed. Any future biographical work on Richard Wright will find this bibliography a necessity; academic or public libraries supporting a program of black culture will find it invaluable; and it belongs in any library supporting American literature studies. Richard Wright has truly been well served."-Choice

?There is something fascinating about watching the work of an author make its way after the author's death through the inevitable process of critical reevalution. It is now clear that Richard Wright has emerged as a significant figure in American literature. . . The record begins with a single 1933 notice in a mimeographed announcement and, year by year, lists public appearances, public statements, and critical reaction to his writing in the print media of 54 nations. The list for each year is in alphabetical order by author. The index is highly detailed. Any future biographical work on Richard Wright will find this bibliography a necessity; academic or public libraries supporting a program of black culture will find it invaluable; and it belongs in any library supporting American literature studies. Richard Wright has truly been well served.?-Choice

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenwood
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0313254117
• ISBN 13: 9780313254116
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 992
• Editor: Kinnamon Kenneth, Benson Joseph, Fabre Michel, Werner Craig