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Author: Marc Dudley
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Imprint: University of South Carolina Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.20cm
, Length: 22.60cm
Weight: 0.230kg
ISBN: 9781643360768
ISBN 10: 1643360760
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 30 January 2020
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Given the renaissance of interest in James Baldwin, Marc Dudley's Understanding James Baldwin couldn't have appeared at a more appropriate moment. One particularly laudable dimension of this work is its comprehensive scope; Dudley attends to the multiple genres in which Baldwin wrote: fiction, essay, drama, and poetry. With rigor and sensitivity, he offers novel interpretations of classic texts. This splendidly written study is accessible to multiple audiences, speaking as lucidly to students and scholars as it does to the broader community of readers. --Keith Clark, George Mason University In Understanding James Baldwin, Marc Dudley positions Baldwin's writings as serious political explorations of American-ness, including our racial, sexual, gendered, and moral triumphs and failings. In the process, Dudley comments on the salvic power of Baldwin's writing and attests to Baldwin's belief in the power of love to resolve America's most pressing issues. As importantly, Dudley connects Baldwin's work to the current sociopolitical moment. Understanding James Baldwin is a truly worthy read for both Baldwin scholars and for those new to the work of this formidable writer. --Sheila Smith McKoy, Kennesaw State University
Given the renaissance of interest in James Baldwin, Marc Dudley's Understanding James Baldwin couldn't have appeared at a more appropriate moment. One particularly laudable dimension of this work is its comprehensive scope; Dudley attends to the multiple genres in which Baldwin wrote: fiction, essay, drama, and poetry. With rigor and sensitivity, he offers novel interpretations of classic texts. This splendidly written study is accessible to multiple audiences, speaking as lucidly to students and scholars as it does to the broader community of readers. --Keith Clark, George Mason University In Understanding James Baldwin, Marc Dudley positions Baldwin's writings as serious political explorations of American-ness, including our racial, sexual, gendered, and moral triumphs and failings. In the process, Dudley comments on the salvic power of Baldwin's writing and attests to Baldwin's belief in the power of love to resolve America's most pressing issues. As important, Dudley connects Baldwin's work to the current sociopolitical moment. Understanding James Baldwin is a truly worthy read for both Baldwin scholars and for those new to the work of this formidable writer. --Sheila Smith McKoy, Kennesaw State University
""Given the renaissance of interest in James Baldwin, Marc Dudley's Understanding James Baldwin couldn't have appeared at a more appropriate moment. One particularly laudable dimension of this work is its comprehensive scope; Dudley attends to the multiple genres in which Baldwin wrote: fiction, essay, drama, and poetry. With rigor and sensitivity, he offers novel interpretations of classic texts. This splendidly written study is accessible to multiple audiences, speaking as lucidly to students and scholars as it does to the broader community of readers.""--Keith Clark, George Mason University ""In Understanding James Baldwin, Marc Dudley positions Baldwin's writings as serious political explorations of American-ness, including our racial, sexual, gendered, and moral triumphs and failings. In the process, Dudley comments on the salvic power of Baldwin's writing and attests to Baldwin's belief in the power of love to resolve America's most pressing issues. As important, Dudley connects Baldwin's work to the current sociopolitical moment. Understanding James Baldwin is a truly worthy read for both Baldwin scholars and for those new to the work of this formidable writer.""--Sheila Smith McKoy, Kennesaw State University
Author Information
Marc K. Dudley is an associate professor of English at North Carolina State University, specializing in both twentieth-century American literature and African American literature. The author of Bloodlines and the Color Line: Hemingway, Race, and Art, he has also published in the Hemingway Review and is coeditor of the forthcoming Teaching Hemingway and Film.
