1st Edition

Richard Wright and Transnationalism New Dimensions to Modern American Expatriate Literature

By Mamoun Alzoubi Copyright 2019
186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

Richard Wright and Transnationalism sees Dr. Mamoun Alzoubi argue that renowned American Author, Richard Wright, transformed the way that we approach comparative literature by beginning to look at matters of American racism and Civil Rights in transnational contexts, formed by the new nations surfacing from colonial rule. Richard Wright and Transnationalism demonstrates how Wright, beginning... Read more
Introduction  1. Richard White's Black Power: The Writer as a World Citizen  2. Constructing Community: Overarching Global View and Philanthropic Appeal in Wright's The Color Curtain  3. Reviving the Spanish Dream for Freedom: Civilizations Meeting in the Ghetto of Entitlement  Conclusion

Biography

Mamoun Alzoubi is a Professor of English at Kent State University, USA.