Research Catalog

Title

A hitherto unpublished manuscript by Richard Wright being a continuation of Black boy : Notes preliminary to a full study of the work of Richard Wright / by Constance Webb.

Author

Wright, Richard, 1908-1960

Publication

[United States] : [publisher not identified], [1946?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Webb, Constance
• Webb, Constance

Alternative Title

• 1. A hitherto unpublished manuscript by Richard Wright being a continuation of Black boy
• 2. Notes preliminary to a full study of the work of Richard Wright

Subject

• Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 > Childhood and youth
• Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 > Homes and haunts > Mississippi
• African Americans > Mississippi > Social life and customs
• African American families > Mississippi
• Authors, American > 20th century > Biography
• African American authors > Biography
• African Americans > Segregation > Southern States
• Southern States > Race relations
• Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 > Criticism and interpretation
• American fiction > African American authors > History and criticism
• African Americans in literature

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• "Strictly private circulation. Each copy is numbered and is not to be sold or exchanged."
• Reproduced from typescript.
• Includes "Notes preliminary to a full study of the work of Richard Wright by Constance Webb": pages 126-150.
• One of 100 numbered copies. Copy no. 42.

Call Number

Sc Rare D 17-5

OCLC

54169188

Author

Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.

Title

A hitherto unpublished manuscript by Richard Wright being a continuation of Black boy : Notes preliminary to a full study of the work of Richard Wright / by Constance Webb.

Publisher

[United States] : [publisher not identified], [1946?]

Description

150 pages ; 22 cm

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Summary

Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi, with poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common lot. Black Boy is Richard Wright's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is at once an unashamed confession and a profound indictment?a poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering.

Connect to:

Request Access to Special Collections Material

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Webb, Constance, author of notes.

Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Black boy. Supplement.

Webb, Constance. Notes preliminary to a full study of the work of Richard Wright. 1946.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare D 17-5