"James Baldwin's reputation has to a large extent been studied as an isolated American phenomenon. This book-length study is the first that examines the large b

Examines the major divisions in criticism of this major African American writer, paying particular attention to the way each critical period defines Baldwin and

Set in Greenwich Village, Harlem, and France, among other locales, Another Country is a novel of passions—sexual, racial, political, artistic. Stunning for it