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A Richard Wright Bibliography Supplement Keneth Kinnamon K.K Volume Seven. Number Two Spring/Summer 1999 A Richard Wright Bibliography Supplement by Keneth Kinnamon © K.K. No portion of this text may be reproduced in any manner without permission from the author. ~ Richard Wri~ht Biblio~raphy: 1991 by Keneth Kinnamon The most important event in Wright studies in 1991 was undoubtedly the publication of the two volumes of the Library of American edition, Early Works and Later Works, featuring texts of his fiction and autobiography through The Outsider more faithful to the author's intentions than earlier editions. The extensive textual and explanatory notes as well as the detailed chronology put us all in debt to Arnold Rampersad and Mark Richardson . Early reviewers such as Charles Johnson, Alfred Kazin, and Walter Mosley used the occasion to emphasize Wright's status as a major literary figure. In 1990 four books on our author appeared. Only one came out in 1991-­ Robert Butler's Native Son: The Emer~ence of ~ New Black Hero, the best extended treatment of Wright's best novel . Other work on Native Son includes Toru Kiuchi's comparison of the 1951 and 1986 film versions and Maxine Montgomery's treatment of the novel as a jeremiad against racial injustice. Noteworthy articles on other fictional works are Sandra Adell's exploration of the philosophical dimensions of The Outsider and B. Eugene McCarthy's study of historical models in Uncle Tom's Children. As was the case in 1990, we can glean new opinions and sometimes facts concerning Wright by consulting works on other authors such as Mark Busby on Ellison, Clive Bush on Stein, James Campbell on Baldwin , James Cox on Faulkner, David Dudley on Douglass and others, Gayl Jones on Alice Walker and others, Kalu Ogbaa on Baldwin and Ellison, and Arnold Rampersad on Twain. Finally, mention must be made of yet another indispensable contribution by Michel Fabre, his chapter\ on Wright's exile in From Harlem to Paris . 1991 Massachusetts Review , 32 (Summer), 225-229. 1. Aaron, Daniel. "The Hoodlum's Mentions W briefly (p . 225). Friend." The London Times Literary Supplement, No. 4586 (22 February), 8 . Adell, Sandra. "Richard Wright's p. 10. The Outsider and the Kierkegaardian Review of Bettina Drew's Concept of Dread." Comparative biography of Nelson Algren Literature Studies, 28, No.4, 378- mentioning b~iefly Wand NS . 394 . Argues that the origins of Cross 2. Abbandonato, Linda. "'A View from Damon's characterization lie in Elsewhere': Subversive Sexuality and the Kierkegaardian ideas first the Rewriting of the Heroine's Story articulated in "How 'Bigger' Was in The Color Purple." PMLA, 106 Born." Bigger's fear and dread (October), 1106-1115. have white racism as a reference, Comments on and questions W's but Cross's are ontological and realism (pp. 1109, 1114). primal. Achieving a nihilistic Reprinted: 1996 freedom, Cross "dies unredemptive and pleading his innocence in 3. Abbott, Dorothy. "Map of Literary face of the horror of the Mississippi," in her Mississippi nothingness he encountered as an Writers: An Anthology. Jackson: absolutely free man" (p. 392). In University Press of Mississippi, p. addition to Kierkegaard, W was x. influenced by Heidegger, Map of the state with sketches of Nietzsche, Jaspers, Husserl, and Wand fifteen other writers. literary modernism in developing such a vision of the human 4. ___ . "Mississippi Writers," in condition. her Mississippi Writers: An Anthology. Jackson : University Press 9. Ai thal, S . K. "Richard Wright." of Mississippi, pp . 497-515. Abstracts of English Studies, 34 Includes a biographical sketch of (December), 314. W, who is represented in the Abstracts articles by Carolyn anthology by "Almos' a Man" and Camp and Lynda Hungerford. an excerpt from BB. 10. Alexander, Margaret Walker . 5. ___ . "Twentieth-Century "Natchez and Richard Wright in Mississippi Writers," in her Southern American Literature." The Mississippi Writers: An Anthology . Southern Quarterly, 29 (Summer), Jackson: University Press of 171-175 . Mississippi, pp. xi-xiii. Comments on history and myth in List of towns and writers Southern culture. Born in associated with them , including W Natchez , Wright was influenced by under Natchez. the racism of the South and by such Southern writers as Twain, 6. Abraham, Kinte. Politics of Black Poe , Mencken, and Faulkner. Nationalism from Harlem to Soweto. Mentions briefly UTC, NS, BB, Trenton, N.J. : Africa World Press, TMBV , and LD. p. 164. Compares briefly Wand Peter 11. Andrews, William L. "African­ Abrahams. American Autobiography Criticism: Retrospect and Prospect," in 7. Abramson, Doris . "Foreword . " The American Autobiography: Retrospect 2 and Prospect. Ed . Paul John Eakins. 18. Anon . "Cambridge University Madison: University of Wisconsin Press." American Quarterly , 43 Press, pp . 195-215 . (March), following p . 171 . Reviews scholarship on BB (p. Publisher's advertisement 202) and mentions W elsewhere including notices of Paul (pp. 196, 209). Oliver's Blues Fell This Morning (foreword by W) and New Essays on 12. Anon. "Advance Praise for Native Son , edited by Keneth Richard Wright : Works." New York : Kinnamon. The Library of America, 1 p. Promotional flyer with quotations 19. Anon . "Constitution." The by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. , Roger Richard Wright Newsletter, 1 Rosenblatt, and Charles Johnson. (Spring), 4. Consists of seven articles 13. Anon. "American Visions." governing the Richard Wright American Quarterly, 43 (June), Circle. "The obj ect of this following p. 373 . society shall be to stimulate and Publisher's advertisement of promote interest in the work and several books, including The ideas of Richard Wright and to Signet Classic Book of Southern facilitate scholarship and Short Stories , to which W is criticism on Wright's works." listed as a contributor . 20 . Anon . "Contributors." Callaloo , 14. Anon. "Angry Genius of Richard 14 (Spring), 553-555 . Wright . " Washington Afro-American Mentions that Henry Louis Gates, (19 January ), p. B2. Jr., "recently delivered the Reprint of 1991 First Annual Richard Wright Lectures" at the University of 15 . Anon. "At last . Unexpurgated . Pennsylvania . Authoritative . Wright." The New Republic, 205 (14 October), 37. 21 . Anon . "Contributors." New Publisher's advertisement for the Literary History , 22 (Summer) , (17 ). Library of America edition. Lists Joyce Ann Joyce and her Includes a photograph of Wand a Richard Wright's Art of Tragedy . blurb by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 22. Anon . "Court Dismisses Suit Over 16. Anon. Bibliographic Guide to Richard Wright Biography." Jet , 81 Black Studies : 1990 . Boston: G. K. (16 December), 14. Hall, p . 270. Announces the result of Ellen Lists four secondary items Wright's suit against Margaret concerning W in the New York Walker for use of unpublished Public Library, supplementing the material in her biography of W. Dictionary Catalog of the Schomberg Collection of Negro 23 . Anon . '''Doing the (W)right Literature and History . Thing!' ~ot ~ Anniversary of Richard Wright's Classic Novel Native Son 17. Anon. "Booksearch : Out-of-Print Celebrated at Symposium at Books That Should Still Be in Northeastern University . " The Print." English Journal, 80 Richard Wright Newsletter, 1 (December), 88-92. (Spring) , l. Contains an entry on Black and Speakers included Joyce Scott , White: Stories of American Life James Nagel, Hope Davis, Joyce mentioning W briefly (p.9l). Ann Joyce , Mae G. Henderson, 3 Bernard Bell , Clyde Taylor , Li sts t wo items on W. Samuel Allen, and George Lamming . 31. Anon. Index to Black 24. Anon . English 1992 Catalog . New Periodicals : 1990 . Boston: G. K. York: Merit Audio Visual, pp. 5, 11 . Hall , p . 291. Lists a videocassette of "Almos' Lists six items on W. a Man" and a film strip on W. 32. Anon. Language ~ Literature. New 25. Anon. "From Provincial Outpost York : HarperCo11ins, p . 11 . to National Treasure : Natchez Publisher's brochure listing Celebrates Its 275 th Anniversary." paperback editions of NS, BB , Q, Natchez, Mississippi : The Natchez UTC, AH , and LD "in a bright new Literary Celebration. format." Brochure announcing a lecture by Michel Fabre on "Richard Wright 33 . Anon . "Library of America and Natchez: An Enduring Edition. " The Richard Wright Connection , " 1 June. Newsletter, 1 (Fall), 2. Announcement. 26. Anon. Fulbright Scholar Program 1992-93 Update of Available Awards . 34. Anon . "Library of America to Washington: Council for Publish Edition of Wright's Works . " International Exchange of Scholars, The Richard Wright Newsletter , 1 p.5. (Spring) , 1- 2. Contains a photograph of W. Announces Volume One , containing UTC , LT , NS , and two essays; and 27. Anon. "General Announcements , Volume Two , containing BB , AH , Inquiries , Etc." The Richard Wright and Q. Notes restoration of Newsletter, 1 (Spring) , 2-3. material cut by publishers . Announces that James A. Miller is seeking contributors to his 35. Anon. Literature 1990/1991 . proposed volume on teaching NS. Westport , Conn . : Greenwood , pp. 14 , 20. 28. Anon. "History of American Publisher ' s catalog containing Literature : 1940-1960 , " in Benet's notices of J ean - Fr an90 i s Reader's Encyclopedia of American Gounard's The Racial Problem in Literature . Ed. George Perkins , the Works of Richard Wright and Barbara Perkins , and Phillip James Baldwin and Kenet h Leininger. New York : HarperCollins, Kinnamon's 6 Richard Wr i ght pp. 473-475. Bibliography . Mentions briefly W, NS, and BB. 36 . Anon. "Literature Unit Plans." 29 . Anon. Humanities Fall 1991 . English Journal, 80 (September), 12. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, p . 7 . Lists BB and NS among high school Includes a publisher'S lesson plans offered by Teacher's announcement of The Racial Pet Publications , Inc . Problem in the Works of Richard Reprinted 1992 , 1993 Wright and James Baldwin by Jean­ Fran90is Gounard and Joseph J . 37. Anon. "Literature Unit Plans ." Rodgers , Jr . English Journal , 80 (November), 112 . Lists BB among high school lesson 30. Anon. Index to Black plans offered by Teacher's Pet Periodicals : 1989. Boston: G.K. Publications, Inc .
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