Richard wright arnold rampersad (36 risultati)

Condizione: Very Good.

TWO MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS. xxxii. + 302. xxx. + 594pp. Two (2) uniformly bound paperback book set. xxxii. + 302pp. xxx. + 594pp. Both are 'The Restored Text Established by the Library of America'. Both include Chronolgy & Source Notes. Two books, uniformly bound. Both are stated: 'First HarperPerennial edition published 1993'. Uncle Tom is 1st ptg. Native Son is 4th ptg. Restored Texts. GOOD. Both books previously read with meager to moderate scattered writings or exterior markings. Both books are GOOD reading/study copies. Covers clean, bindings tight.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Later Printing. [New York]: The Library of America 1991 2nd printing. The Library of America #55. Maroon cloth with gold gilt lettering, ribbon marker, 936+ pages, chronology, note on the texts, notes. Near Fine copy with light wear in Fine Dust Wrapper. See Photo clph.…

Soft Cover. Condizione: Good. 1st HarperPerennial Ed Pub 1993. 594 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Light damage to spine and back cover. Light foxing on page edges. David Diaz (Cover Design and Illustration) (illustratore).

paperback. Condizione: New. Brand New. paperback.

paperback. Condizione: Very Good. May have light to moderate shelf wear and/or a remainder mark. Complete. Clean pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. 1st Edition. A Fine copy with a maroon cloth binding and fine slipcase. Still in the original unopened shrink wrap with the publisher's notes. Subscribers edition with no dust jacket as issued.

Paperback. Condizione: New. (HarperPerennial Modern Classics series). Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Wright's powerfully evocative novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feeling of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America. It tells the story of Bigger Thomas, a young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. This edition features the restored text established by The Library of America. Chronology, Note on the Texts, Notes. 504p. Kindle Price: $6.64.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Condizione sovraccoperta: New Slipcase. 1st Edition. SUPERB: CLASSIC: NEW LOA hardcover First Edition (Orig. 1991) First Printing, NEW LOA slipcase w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & w/ double rule borders & LOA logo on front panel, NEW maroon silk-finish Brillianta fabric-over-boards cover w/ sharp NEW edges & corners & titles & LOA colophon handsomely gold-stamped on spine, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE distinctive white-on-maroon LOA patterned card-stock end-papers, NEW Smyth-sewn binding w/ tight signatures & maroon-white-checked banding at spine-caps w/ a maroon silk page-marking ribbon bound from the top, PRISTINE interior handsomely printed in clear 10-point Linotron Galliard on SUPERB unblemished acid-free Ecusta Nyallite archival paper * 5.0" x 8.12" x 1.22", 0.59 kg, 887 pp. Slipcase: 5.36 x 8.38" x 1.36", 0.70 kg * CONTENTS: Black Boy (American Hunger) (1), The Outsider(367); Chronology (843), Note on the Texts (868), Notes (875) * ABOUT THE BOOK: "Native Son" & "Black Boy" are classics of 20th-century American literature, & yet the novel & memoir known to millions of readers are in fact revised & abbreviated versions of the books Richard Wright wrote. The 2-volume LOA edition presents for the first time Wright's major works in the form in which he intended them to be read. The authoritative new texts, based on Wright's original typescripts & proofs, reveal the full range & power of this achievement as an experimental stylist & as a fiery prophet of the tragic consequences of racism in American society. Wright's wrenching memoir "Black Boy", an eloquent account of his struggle to escape a life of poverty, ignorance & fear in his native South, was an immediate bestseller when it appeared in 1945. But Wright's complete autobiography, published for the first time in this volume as "Black Boy" ("American Hunger") is a far more complex & probing work. Its original 2nd section, in which Wright chronicled his encounter w/ racism in the North, his apprenticeship as a writer, & his disillusionment w/ the Communist Party, was cut at the insistence of book club editors & was only published posthumously as a separate work. Now that the 2 parts of Wright's autobiography are finally printed together, "Black Boy" ("American Hunger") appears as a new & different work: a unique contribution to the literature of self-discovery & a searing vision of racism in Northern slums as well as Southern shanties. Richard Wright's novel "The Outsider" (1953) appears here in a text that restores the many stylistic changes & long cuts made by his editors w/o his knowledge. This text, based on Wright's final, corrected typescript, casts new light on his development of the style he called "poetic realism". The "outsider" of Wright's story is Cross Damon, a black man who works in the Chicago post office. When Damon is mistakenly believed to have died in a subway accident, he seizes the opportunity to invent a new life for himself. In this, his most philosophical novel, Wright reconsiders the existentialist themes of man's freedom & responsibility as he traces Damon's doomed attempts to lead a free life. Richard Wright was "forged in injustice as a sword is forged", wrote Ernest Hemingway. W/ passionate honesty & courage, he confronted the terrible effects of prejudice & intolerance & created works that explore the deepest conflicts of the human heart. This volume includes notes on significant changes in Wright's texts & a detailed chronology of his life. * ABOUT THE EDITOR: Arnold Rampersad is Sara Hart Kimball Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University. He has written biographies of Langston Hughes (a Pulitzer Prize nominee), Jackie Robinson, &, most recently, Ralph Ellison. * THE LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an award-winning, nonprofit program dedicated to publishing America's best & most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts, restoring America's literary heritage in "the finest-looking, longest-lasting edition ever made." (New Republic).…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED by Arnold Rampersad (who wrote afterword) on a bookplate affixed to page opposite title page: "To a fellow admirer of Richard Wright, with best wishes, Arnold Rampersad". Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 512 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 512 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 512 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 544 pages. 8.00x5.50x1.75 inches. In Stock.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. 2 hardcover books in cardboard slipcover, still wrapped in plastic. Broken into Earlier and Later works.

Hardcover. Condizione: VG. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 2 volumes. used hardcover copy with dust jacket in slipcase. jacket is slightly worn about the edges, but with no tears and not price clipped. slipcase is clean aside from some scuffing, moreso to bottom side. book itself is in good shape, though corners are a bit bumped. there are no markings to the text, pages and binding are clean, straight and tight.…

Condizione: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Here, in authoritative new texts based on the author's original typescripts and proofs, is the definitive edition of Richard Wright's major works. Wright's first novel, Lawd Today!, published posthumously in 1963 and here presented for the first time in its original form, interweaves news bulletins, songs, exuberant wordplay, and scenes of confrontation and celebration into a kaleidoscopic chronicle of the events of one day in the life of a black Chicago postal worker. Uncle Tom's Children first brought Wright to national attention. The characters in these five stories struggle to survive the cruelty of racism in the South, as Wright asks "what quality of will must a Negro possess to live and die with dignity in a country that denied his humanity." Wright's masterpiece, Native Son, exploded on the American literary scene in 1940. The story of Bigger Thomas, a young black man living in the raw, noisy, crowded slums of Chicago's South Side, captured the hopes and yearnings, the pain and rage of black Americans with an unprecedented intensity and vividness. The text printed in this volume restores the changes and cuts--including the replacement of an entire scene--that Wright was forced to make by book club editors who feared offending their readers. Wright's wrenching memoir Black Boy, an eloquent account of his struggle to escape a life of poverty, ignorance and fear in his native South, was an immediate bestseller when it appeared in 1945. But Wright's complete autobiography, published for the first time in this volume as Black Boy (American Hunger), is a far more complex and probing work, chronicaling his encounter with racism in the North, his apprenticeship as a writer, and his disillusionment with the Communist Party. Wright's 1953 novel The Outsider appears here in a text that restores the many stylistic changes and long cuts made by his editors without his knowledge. When Cross Damon is mistakenly believed to have died in a subway accident, he seizes the opportunity to invent a new life for himself. The text here, based on Wright's final, corrected typescript, casts new light on his development of the style he called "poetic realism. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Mixed Media Product. Condizione: New.

Condizione: New. Unexpurgated edition NO-PA16APR2015-KAP.

Boxed Set. Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. Here, in authoritative new texts based on the author's original typescripts and proofs, is the definitive edition of Richard Wright's major works. Wright's first novel, Lawd Today!, published posthumously in 1963 and here presented for the first time in its original form, interweaves news bulletins, songs, exuberant wordplay, and scenes of confrontation and celebration into a kaleidoscopic chronicle of the events of one day in the life of a black Chicago postal worker. Uncle Tom's Children first brought Wright to national attention. The characters in these five stories struggle to survive the cruelty of racism in the South, as Wright asks "what quality of will must a Negro possess to live and die with dignity in a country that denied his humanity." Wright's masterpiece, Native Son, exploded on the American literary scene in 1940. The story of Bigger Thomas, a young black man living in the raw, noisy, crowded slums of Chicago's South Side, captured the hopes and yearnings, the pain and rage of black Americans with an unprecedented intensity and vividness. The text printed in this volume restores the changes and cuts--including the replacement of an entire scene--that Wright was forced to make by book club editors who feared offending their readers. Wright's wrenching memoir Black Boy, an eloquent account of his struggle to escape a life of poverty, ignorance and fear in his native South, was an immediate bestseller when it appeared in 1945. But Wright's complete autobiography, published for the first time in this volume as Black Boy (American Hunger), is a far more complex and probing work, chronicaling his encounter with racism in the North, his apprenticeship as a writer, and his disillusionment with the Communist Party. Wright's 1953 novel The Outsider appears here in a text that restores the many stylistic changes and long cuts made by his editors without his knowledge. When Cross Damon is mistakenly believed to have died in a subway accident, he seizes the opportunity to invent a new life for himself. The text here, based on Wright's final, corrected typescript, casts new light on his development of the style he called "poetic realism. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Mixed Media Product. Condizione: New.