Richard Wright's Travel Writings: New Reflections

by Virginia Whatley Smith

Book Overview

Attracted to remote lands by his interest in the postcolonial struggle, Richard Wright (1908-1960) became one of the few African Americans of his time to engage in travel writing. He went to emerging nations not as a sightseer but as a student of their cultures, learning the politics and the processes of social transformation.

When Wright fled from the United States in 1946 to live as an expatriate in Paris, he was exposed to intellectual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578069319
• ISBN13: 9781578069316
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"