Wright, Richard (Vol. 9) - Wright, Richard 1908–1960
Wright, Richard 1908–1960
An American short story writer and novelist, Wright was praised for his early, realistic portraits of the experiences, fears, and frustrations of the southern black. Wright was a spokesman for black rights and beliefs, and his early work pictures a southern society that exhibits few outside influences. His later work, however, of which Native Son is an example, shows both broader scope and the author's philosophical movement from political naiveté, to Marxist belief, and to a final anti-Marxist attitude. (See also CLC, Vols 1, 3, 4.)
Richard Wright has outlined for himself a dual role: To discover and depict the meaning of Negro experience; and to reveal to both Negroes and whites those problems of a psychological and emotional nature which arise between them when they strive for mutual understanding.
Now in Black Boy, he has used his own life to probe what qualities of will, imagination, and...
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