The critical reception of James Baldwin in France /
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| Author / Creator: | Bobia, Rosa, 1944- |
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| Imprint: | New York : Peter Lang, c1997. |
| Description: | xii, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | American university studies. Series XXIV, American literature. vol. 68 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3012805 |
Table of Contents:
- I. Background. The African-American Presence in France. French Political Attitudes Towards the US and African-American Literature. France's Image as Cultural Host
- II. Baldwin's Early Reception in France. The Publication of Go Tell It on the Mountain in 1957. Francophone Critics of Go Tell It on the Mountain. The Reception of Giovanni s' Room. Baldwin and Black Francophone Critics
- III. The Transformation of James Baldwin in the Sixties. The Interim Phase. The Reception of Baldwin's Essays. The Reception of Another Country. Baldwin the Playwright in France. Baldwin in France at the End of a Second Decade
- IV. The Reception in the Seventies
- V. The Triumphant Eighties. The Reception of Evidence of Things Not Seen. New and Old Perspectives on Baldwin Criticism. A "Beautiful Gift" to France. France's Fond Farewell. Appendix. The James Baldwin Interview
- VI. Annotated Bibliography of Francophone Sources on James Baldwin, 1952-1988.
