Black Manhood in James Baldwin, Ernest J. Gaines, and August Wilson

by Keith Clark

Book Overview

Challenging the standard portrayals of Black men in African American literature

From Frederick Douglass to the present, the preoccupation of black writers with manhood and masculinity is a constant. Black Manhood in James Baldwin, Ernest J. Gaines, and August Wilson explores how in their own work three major African American writers contest classic portrayals of black men in earlier literature, from slave narratives through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252071956
• ISBN13: 9780252071959
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.0"