Ronald Bieganowski (essay date 1988)
SOURCE: "James Baldwin's Vision of Otherness in 'Sonny's Blues' and Giovanni's Room," in CLA Journal, Vol. XXXII, No. 1, September, 1988, pp. 69-80.
[In the following essay, Bieganowski compares the treatment of the theme of alienation in "Sonny's Blues" and Baldwin's novel.]
For several decades now, James Baldwin has maintained his position of importance among black writers through his novels, stories, essays, and interviews, generating continued scholarly interest. In her recent book on Baldwin...
Source: Short Story Criticism, ©1999 Gale Cengage. All Rights Reserved. Full copyright.
(The entire page is 3788 words.)
Want to read the whole thing?
Subscribe now to read the rest of this article. Plus, get access to:
- 30,000+ literature study guides
- Critical essays on more than 30,000 works of literature from Salem on Literature (exclusive to eNotes)
- An unparalleled literary criticism section. 40,000 full-length or excerpted essays.
- Content from leading academic publishers, all easily citable with our "Cite this page" button.
- 100% satisfaction guarantee READ MORE
