Black Boy

Richard Wright

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Suggestions for Further Reading

Brignano, Russell C. Richard Wright: An Introduction to the Man and His Works. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1972.

Fabre, Michel. The World of Richard Wright. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1985.

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. and K. A. Appiah, eds. Richard Wright: Critical Perspectives Past and Present. New York: Amistad, 1993.

Hakutani, Yoshinobu, ed. Critical Essays on Richard Wright. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1982.

Kinnamon, Keneth. The Emergence of Richard Wright: A Study of Literature and Society. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1973.

Margolies, Edward. The Art of Richard Wright. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1969.

Miller, Eugene E. Voice of a Native Son: The Poetics of Richard Wright. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1990.

Rampersad, Arnold, ed. Richard Wright: A Collection of Critical Essays. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1995.

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