The Critical Response to Chester Himes

by Charles L.P. Silet

The work of Chester Himes is now undergoing a critical and popular reevaluation as it gradually comes back into print after years of neglect. His protest novels from the 1940s and early 1950s, his Harlem Domestic crime books, first published in France and later released in English in the United States, and his remarkable two-volume autobiography are now gaining a wider readership through their republication. Nonetheless, the critical writings on...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313299412
• ISBN13: 9780313299414
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.6"