Bibliography
Sources
Bigsby, C.W.E., Introduction to The Black American Writer, Vol. 1, Everett/Edwards, Inc., 1969.
Howe, Irving, "Black Boys and Native Sons," in Dissent, Autumn, 1963.
Macebuh, Stanley, James Baldwin: A Critical Study, Third Press, 1973.
Pratt, Louis H., Twayne's U.S. Authors Series: James Baldwin, G.K. Hall & Co., 1978.
Reilly, John M., '"Sonny's Blues': James Baldwin's Image of Black Community," in James Baldwin: A Collection of Critical Essays, edited by Keith Kinnamon, Prentice-Hall, 1974.
Further Reading
Albert, Richard N., "The Jazz-Blues Motif in Baldwin's 'Sonny's Blues'," in College Literature, Spring, 1984, pp. 178-85.
This article examines Baldwin's use of music in "Sonny's Blues," detailing the significance of jazz and blues within the African-American tradition.
Bone, Robert A., The Negro Novel in America, Yale University Press, 1958.
A classic yet somewhat dated historical analysis of the novel's role in African-American literary tradition, and its place in American literary history. A "Postscript" specifically addresses James Baldwin's contributions.
Hakutani, Yoshinobu, and Robert Butler, The City in African-American Literature, Farleigh Dickinson University Press, 1995.
This collection, which includes two essays on James Baldwin, explores the portrayal of the city in African-American literature from Frederick Douglass to the contemporary era. Fred L. Standley's essay argues that Baldwin saw the city as superior to the countryside and discusses Baldwin's journeys to the South.
O'Daniel, Therman B., editor, James Baldwin: A Critical Evaluation, Howard University Press, 1977.
O'Daniel compiles various evaluations of Baldwin as an essayist, playwright, and fiction writer, focusing extensively on his major works while giving less attention to his short stories.
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