Dec 24, 2009

Bright and Morning Star | Critical Overview

In the Introduction to Uncle Tom’s Children, Richard Yarborough makes reference to, as he calls it, ‘‘an oft-quoted statement’’ of Wright’s concerning this publication as a whole. Yarborough writes that Wright himself criticized this collection harshly by stating, ‘‘When the reviews of that book began to appear, I realized that I had made an awfully naïve mistake. I found that I had written a book which even bankers’ daughters could read and weep over and feel good about.’’ For Wright, this was not a mark of good literature but rather a failure of his to...