Talking at the Gates, 2nd Edition
A Life of James Baldwin
$34.95
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
23 February 2021
Summary
An intimate portrait of Baldwin’s mythic life.
James Baldwin was one of the most incisive and influential American writers of the twentieth century. Active in the civil rights movement and open about his homosexuality, Baldwin was celebrated for eloquent analyses of social unrest in his essays and for daring portrayals of sexuality and interracial relationships in his fiction. By the time of his death in 1987, both his fiction and nonfiction works had achieved the sta…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520381681 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0520381688 |
| Author: | James Campbell |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 23 February 2021 |
| Weight: | 680g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 15mm x 2mm |
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Critics Review
“Must reading for anyone interested in James Baldwin.”
“A life-sized portrait in very broad strokes… . . A lively book that is immensely readable, serious, careful, and informed.”– “Boston Globe”“James Campbell has ably blended both scholarship and personal recollection.”– “New York Times”“Must reading for anyone interested in James Baldwin.”– “Washington Post”“A marvelously illuminating literary biography … . [and] an affectionate yet critical portrait.”– “Publishers Weekly”“Campbell has met the challenge and written a first-rate work. The best biography so far… . He deals not only with the facts of his subject’s life but also with his works.”– “Chicago Tribune”“Frank and affectionate… . Approaching Baldwin without reverence, though not quite irreverently, Campbell brings a mixture of intellectual integrity and something like truculence to the biographer’s task.”– “Times Literary Supplement”
About The Author
James Campbell
James Campbell is the author of Exiled in Paris and This Is the Beat Generation. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and was for many years an editor and columnist at the Times Literary Supplement in London.
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