"Let Yale University professor Harold Bloom--author of The Western Canon and a leading authority on literature--help develop your understanding of the world's great literary works. Unlike other study guides, Bloom's ReViews offers a wide selection of critical analyses by renowned scholars, as well as concise biographical and bibliographical information and a comprehensive thematic discussion of the plot--all in one handbook." "The ideal aid to all students, Bloom's ReViews is a definitive guide for independent study and a single source for footnoting essays and research papers. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-84) and index.

Editor's Note Biography of Richard Wright Thematic and Structural Analysis List of Characters Critical Views The Book as a Message for America / Malcolm Cowley Bigger Thomas as a Descendant of Uncle Tom / James Baldwin Narrative Drive and Symbolism in the Book / Robert Bone The Book as an Attack on Both Whites and Blacks / Irving Howe A Discussion of Wright, Baldwin, and Howe / Ralph Ellison The Critical Reception of the Book / Dan McCall Wright's Vision of Race and Social Change / Edward Margolies Reality and Blindness in the Book / Roger Rosenblatt The Emotional Impact of the Book / Dorothy S. Redden

The Book and African-American Literature / Sherley Anne Williams Narrative Devices in the Book / A. Robert Lee The Dramatization of the Book / Judith Giblin Brazinsky Bigger's World of Silence / Louis Tremaine Bigger Thomas and Mary / Robert James Butler Max and the Communist Party / Joyce Ann Joyce Use of Language in the Book / Laura E. Tanner Misogyny in the Book / Alan W. France Surrealism in the Book / Eugene E. Miller Existentialism in the Book / Jean-Francois Gounard Richard Wright in Paris / James Campbell Works / Richard Wright Works about Richard Wright and the Book Index of Themes and Ideas.