The Veil of Black: (Un)Masking the Subject of African-American Modernism's Native Son

Authors

• Kimberly W. Benston, Haverford CollegeFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Role

Contributor

Published In

Native Son - Richard Wright, New Edition (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations)

Publisher

Chelsea House Publications

First Page

43

Last Page

74

Publication Date

2010

Abstract

An effort to situate Wright's ground-breaking novel NATIVE SON within the contexts of post-Enlightenment historiography and the 'neo-slave narrative' structure developed in early black modernism. --author-supplied description

Suggested Citation

Benston, Kimberly. “The Veil of Black: (Un)Masking the Subject of African-American Modernism's Native Son'." Human Studies 16 (1997), 69-99.