Research Catalog

Title

The critical reception of James Baldwin in France / Rosa Bobia.

Author

Bobia, Rosa, 1944-

Publication

New York : Peter Lang, ©1997.

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Details

Description

xii, 191 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

• James Baldwin's reputation has to a large extent been studied as an isolated American phenomenon. This book-length study is the first that examines the large body of criticism by French-language critics. The wealth of documents makes possible the comparison of African critics of French expression of African-American literature and allows for comparisons of Francophone and American critics as well.
• James Baldwin is the most intensely studied author in France among the postwar group of African-American authors since Richard Wright. This study shows that the complex and substantive reasons for Baldwin's success go beyond the obvious interest of the French in African-American literature and his intermittent stay in France for nearly four decades.

Series Statement

American university studies. Series XXIV, American literature, 0895-0512 ; vol. 68

Uniform Title

American university studies. Series XXIV, American literature ; vol. 68.

Subject

• Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 > Criticism and interpretation > History
• Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 > Appreciation > France
• Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 > Bibliography
• Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
• Baldwin, James 1924-1987
• Baldwin, James, (1924-1987) > Critique et interprétation > Histoire
• Baldwin, James, (1924-1987) > Appréciation > France
• Baldwin, James, (1924-1987) > Bibliographie
• Baldwin, James, (1924-1987) > Et la France
• Baldwin, James Arthur - réception
• Baldwin, James > Rezeption > Literaturkritik. > Frankreich
• Baldwin, James > Bibliographie
• Geschichte 1952-1988
• American fiction > Appreciation > France
• African Americans in literature
• American fiction > Appreciation
• Art appreciation
• Literaturkritik
• Rezeption
• Receptie
• Roman américain > Auteurs d'origine africaine > Appréciation > France
• Écrivains noirs américains > Dans la littérature
• Roman américain > Auteurs noirs américains
• Noirs américains > Dans la littérature
• Literaturkritik > Frankreich > Baldwin, James > Rezeption
• France
• Frankreich
• Frankreich > Literaturkritik > Rezeption > Baldwin, James

Genre/Form

• bibliographies.
• Bibliographies.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [75]-159) and indexes.

Contents

I. Background. The African-American Presence in France. French Political Attitudes Towards the US and African-American Literature. France's Image as Cultural Host -- II. Baldwin's Early Reception in France. The Publication of Go Tell It on the Mountain in 1957. Francophone Critics of Go Tell It on the Mountain. The Reception of Giovanni s' Room. Baldwin and Black Francophone Critics -- III. The Transformation of James Baldwin in the Sixties. The Interim Phase. The Reception of Baldwin's Essays. The Reception of Another Country. Baldwin the Playwright in France. Baldwin in France at the End of a Second Decade -- IV. The Reception in the Seventies -- V. The Triumphant Eighties. The Reception of Evidence of Things Not Seen. New and Old Perspectives on Baldwin Criticism. A "Beautiful Gift" to France. France's Fond Farewell. Appendix. The James Baldwin Interview -- VI. Annotated Bibliography of Francophone Sources on James Baldwin, 1952-1988.

ISBN

• 0820433721
• 9780820433721

LCCN

96023032

OCLC

• ocm34731891
• 34731891
• SCSB-824924

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library