Philosophical Meditations on Richard Wright

Herausgeber: Haile, James B.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is affords us the opportunity to rediscover Richard Wright and reexamine his work and its continuing significance in light of our contemporary situation. Moreover, the collection allows us to analyze Wright's relationship and contribution to the discipline of philosophy, both challenging and enriching its traditional ideas and concepts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9780739197783
• ISBN-10: 0739197789
• Artikelnr.: 40787479

Autorenporträt

James B. Haile, III is McAnulty College scholar-in-residence at Duquesne University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Richard Wright and Philosophy James B. Haile, III Part I.
Richard Wright's Literary Imagination Chapter 1: Bigger-Cross Damon:
Wright's Existential Challenge Lewis R. Gordon Chapter 2: Black Boy:
Phenomenology and the Existential Novel James B. Haile, III Chapter 3:
Experiencing Existentialism through Theme and Tone: Kierkegaard and Richard
Wright Desirèe H. Melton Part II. Richard Wright's Philosophical
Imagination Chapter 4: Fear, Trembling and Transcendence in the Everyday of
Richard Wright: A Quare Reading Victor Anderson Chapter 5: Specularity as a
Mode of Knowledge and Agency in Richard Wright's Work Abdul R. Janmohamed
Part III. Richard Wright Today Chapter 6: "The Uses and Hazards of
Expatriation": Richard Wright's Cosmopolitanism in Process Alexa Weik
Chapter 7: On Richard Wright and Our Contemporary Situation Jerry W. Ward