Understanding Richard Wright's Black Boy: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents

by Robert Felgar

Book Overview

In Black Boy, Richard Wright triumphs over an ugly, racist world by fashioning an inspiring, powerful, beautiful, and fictionalized autobiography. To help students understand and appreciate his story in the cultural, political, racial, social, and literary contexts of its time, this casebook provides a rich source of primary historical documents, collateral readings, and commentary. The selection of unique documents is designed to place...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313302219
• ISBN13: 9780313302213
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 14 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 9 to 12