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James Baldwin

Challenging Authors

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. A. Scott Henderson

    1. Furman University, Greenville, USA

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  2. P. L. Thomas

    1. Furman University, Greenville, USA

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • P. L. Thomas
    Pages 1-7

  3. Conversion Calls for Confrontation

    • Mckinley E. Melton
    Pages 9-27

  4. Why Theater, Mr. Baldwin?

    • Susan Watson Turner
    Pages 29-39

  5. Baldwin in South Africa

    • Hugo M. Canham
    Pages 41-54

  6. From James’ Portrait to Baldwin’s Room

    • Dwan Henderson Simmons
    Pages 55-75

  7. Another Country

    • Sion Dayson
    Pages 77-89

  8. Feeling in Radical Consciousness

    • Jeffrey Santa Ana
    Pages 91-105

  9. James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time and the Jeremiad Tradition

    • James Tackach
    Pages 107-120

  10. James Baldwin

    • Charles Reese
    Pages 121-136

  11. Uplift Versus Upheaval

    • A. Scott Henderson
    Pages 137-148

  12. The Agitating Power of Nonviolent Cool in “Going to Meet the Man”

    • Beazley Kanost
    Pages 149-163

  13. James Baldwin VS. William F. Buckley, JR. for The Soul of America

    • Seneca Vaught
    Pages 165-179

  14. James Baldwin’s Gospel of Postcategorical Love

    • Pekka Kilpeläinen
    Pages 181-196

  15. “Fame is the Spur And—Ouch!”

    • Jacqueline Jones Compaore
    Pages 197-206

  16. “Digging Through the Ruins”

    • Ernest L. Gibson
    Pages 207-219

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 221-223
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"The recognition and study of African American (AA) artists and public intellectuals often include Martin Luther King, Jr., and occasionally Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, and Malcolm X. The literary canon also adds Ralph Ellison, Richard White, Langston Hughes, and others such as female writers Zora Neale Hurston, Maya Angelou, and Alice Walker. Yet, the acknowledgement of AA artists and public intellectuals tends to skew the voices and works of those included toward normalized portrayals that fit wellwithin foundational aspects of the American myths refl ected in and perpetuated by traditional schooling. Further, while many AA artists and public intellectuals are distorted by mainstream media, public and political characterizations, and the curriculum, several powerful AA voices are simply omitted, ignored, including James Baldwin. This edited volume gathers a collection of essays from a wide range of perspectives that confront Baldwin’s impressive and challenging canon as well as his role as a public intellectual. Contributors also explore Baldwin as a confrontational voice during his life and as an enduring call for justice."

Editors and Affiliations

  • Furman University, Greenville, USA

    A. Scott Henderson, P. L. Thomas

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