Description: James Baldwin: Collected Essays by James Baldwin, Toni Morrison "Collected Essays" is the most comprehensive gathering of Baldwins nonfiction ever published. The collection confirms his as a uniquely prophetic voice in American letters. Included are such famous essays as "The Harlem Ghetto", "Everybodys Protest Novel", Many Thousands Gone", and "Stranger in the Village". FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Toni Morrisons definitive edition of James Baldwins incomparable nonfiction.Contains all the major essays collections in their entirety, plus 36 uncollected essays.James Baldwin was a uniquely prophetic voice in American letters. Hisbrilliant and provocative essays made him the literary voice of the Civil Rights Era, and they continue to speak with powerful urgency to us today, whether in the swirling debate over the Black Lives Matter movement or in the words of Raoul Pecks documentary "I Am Not Your Negro."Edited by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, the Library of Americas Collected Essays isthe most comprehensive gathering of Baldwins nonfiction ever published.With burning passion and jabbing, epigrammatic wit, Baldwin fearlessly articulated issues of race and democracy and American identity in such famous essays as "The Harlem Ghetto," "Everybodys Protest Novel," "Many Thousands Gone," and "Stranger in the Village." Here are the complete texts of his early landmark collections, Notes of a Native Son (1955) and Nobody Knows My Name (1961), which established him as an essential intellectual voice of his time, fusing in unique fashion the personal, the literary, and the political.The classic The Fire Next Time (1963), perhaps the most influential of his writings, is his most penetrating analysis of Americas racial divide and an impassioned call to "end the racial nightmare...and change the history of the world." The later volumes No Name in the Street (1972) and The Devil Finds Work (1976) chart his continuing response to the social and political turbulence of his era and include his remarkable works of film criticism. A further 36 essays-nine of them previously uncollected-include some of Baldwins earliest published writings, as well as revealing later insights into the language of Shakespeare, the poetry of Langston Hughes, and the music of Earl Hines.LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nations literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, Americas best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries. Author Biography With the novelGo Tell It on the Mountain(1953), a distillation of his own experiences as a preachers son in 1930s Harlem, and the essay collectionNotes of a Native Son(1955),James Baldwin(1924-1987)established himself as a prophetic voice of his era. Some such voices may grow fainter with the passage of time, but Baldwin remains an inescapable presence, not only a chronicler of his epoch but a thinker who helped shape it.Toni Morrison, volume editor, is the author of a number of award-winning novels, including Love, Jazz, Beloved, Song of Solomon, Sula, and The Bluest Eye. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993. Review "Baldwins impassioned essays have been at least as influential as his novels in exposing the racial polarization of American society. This massive compilation reproduces in their entirety his early essay collections Notes of a Native Son (1955), Nobody Knows My Name (1961), The Fire Next Time (1963) as well as his later, less successful book-length essays: the pessimistic, doom-laden No Name in the Street (1972) and The Devil Finds Work (1976), a semi-autobiographical gloss on American movies. The book charts his trajectory from eloquent voice of the civil rights movement to disillusioned expatriate increasingly prone to grandiloquence and angry rhetoric. Also included is a miscellany of 36 articles, polemics and reviews, 26 of which were previously collected in The Price of the Ticket (1985), published just two years before Baldwins death from cancer in France at age 63. Novelist Morrisons editing of this omnibus, which includes a chronology and notes, should help rekindle interest in Baldwin, whose recurrent themes—the African American search for identity, the hypocrisy of white America, the urgent necessity for love—make his work timely and challenging. BOMC and Readers Subscription selections." —Publishers Weekly Review Quote "Baldwins impassioned essays have been at least as influential as his novels in exposing the racial polarization of American society. This massive compilation reproduces in their entirety his early essay collections Notes of a Native Son (1955), Nobody Knows My Name (1961), The Fire Next Time (1963) as well as his later, less successful book-length essays: the pessimistic, doom-laden No Name in the Street (1972) and The Devil Finds Work (1976), a semi-autobiographical gloss on American movies. The book charts his trajectory from eloquent voice of the civil rights movement to disillusioned expatriate increasingly prone to grandiloquence and angry rhetoric. Also included is a miscellany of 36 articles, polemics and reviews, 26 of which were previously collected in The Price of the Ticke t (1985), published just two years before Baldwins death from cancer in France at age 63. Novelist Morrisons editing of this omnibus, which includes a chronology and notes, should help rekindle interest in Baldwin, whose recurrent themes--the African American search for identity, the hypocrisy of white America, the urgent necessity for love--make his work timely and challenging. BOMC and Readers Subscription selections." -- Publishers Weekly Details ISBN1883011523 Pages 869 Series Library of America (Hardcover) Language English ISBN-10 1883011523 ISBN-13 9781883011529 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 814.54 Series Number 98 Year 1998 Short Title LIAM JAMES BALDWIN COLL ESSAYS Imprint The Library of America Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9781883011529 UK Release Date 1998-02-01 US Release Date 1998-02-01 Subtitle Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work (LOA#98) Author Toni Morrison Publisher The Library of America Publication Date 1998-02-01 Edited by Toni Morrison Audience General NZ Release Date 1998-01-31 AU Release Date 1998-01-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 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Book Title: James Baldwin: Collected Essays: Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work (LOA#98)
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Author: James Baldwin
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Language: English
Topic: Literary Theory
Publisher: The Library of America
Publication Year: 1998
Number of Pages: 869 Pages
