Filed under: Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography
Denissova, Tamara. “ Richard Wright: The Problem of Self-Identification”.
The Mississippi Quarterly 50.2 (Spring 1997): p 239. Literature Resource Center. The Richard
Stockton Coll. of NJ Lib. Pomona, NJ. 13 June2009.
This essay involves people of Russia and their opinion of Richard Wright’s work and their problem with his self-identification.
Hakutani, Yoshintobui and Toru Kiuchi. “The Critical Response to Richard Wright in Japan.”
The Mississippi Quarterly 50.2 (Spring 1997): p 353. Literature Resource Center. The Richard
Stockton Coll. of NJ Lib. Pomona, NJ. 14 June2009.
This critical essay explores interpretations of Wright’s work as it was introduced to people in Japan. It includes their reaction to his work and what they felt it meant.
Higashida, Cheryl. “Aunt Sue’s Children: Re-viewing the Gender(ed) Politics of Richard Wright’s
Radicalism”. American Literature Vol 75.2 (2003): 395-425. JSTOR.
The Richard Stockton Coll. of NJ Lib. Pomona, NJ. 14 June2009.
This essay is just as described in the title. It’s a review of the gendered politics of Richard Wright’s radicalism.
Mechling, Jay. “The Failure of Forklore in Richard Wright’s Black Boy”.
The Journal of American Folklore Vol. 413 (Summer 1991): 275-294. JSTOR.
The Richard Stockton Coll. of NJ Lib. Pomona, NJ. 14 June2009.
This essay aims to explain how folk traditions failed Wright.
Relyea, Sarah. “The Vanguard of Modernity: Richard Wright’s The Outsider”. Texas Studies in Literature
and in Language 43.8 (fall 06): p 187. Literature Resource Center. The Richard Stockton Coll. Of
NJ Lib. Pomona, NJ. 14 June2009.
This is a critical essay written on Richard Wright and his work on The Outsider. This essay states the opposite of what many people think of Wright. It describes his work in The Outsider as a “failed philosophical novel”.
“Richard Wright (1908-1960)”. Literary Criticism. 2009. 10 June 2009
< http://www.literaryhistory.com/20thC/WrightRichard.htm>
This site lists many essays that critique Richard Wright’s work.
For the full text of Richard Wright’s “Big Boy Leaves Home”, you can visit:
http://www.nbu.bg/webs/amb/american/5/wright/bigboy.htm