by Russell Carl Brignano
University of Pittsburgh Press, 1970
eISBN: 978-0-8229-7409-3 | Cloth: 978-0-8229-3187-4 | Paper: 978-0-8229-5211-4
Library of Congress Classification PS3545.R815Z6
Dewey Decimal Classification 813.52

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

The first book-length study of Richard Wright (1908–1960) gives a critical, historical, and biographical perspective on the gifted African American writer. It presents Wright not only as an artist whose subjects and themes were affected by his race, but also as a sensitive and talented man who was deeply immersed in the major social and intellectual movements of his day.


Brigano discusses Wright’s artistry and his major public concerns as revealed in his novels, short stories, essays, and poetry: race relations in the United States, the role of Marxism in recent history and the future, the direction of international affairs, and the modes of modern personal and social philosophies.