Review
Silet made a wise selection of the best critiques, analyses, and reviews....Since Himes's work has been adapted for motion pictures, thereby making the author a focal point of contemporary interest, this is a necessary and useful book for students and scholars who want to look at the large body of work by this prolific author. All academic collections.Choice
Book Description
The work of Chester Himes is now undergoing a critical and popular reevaluation as it gradually comes back into print after years of neglect. His protest novels from the 1940s and early 1950s, his "Harlem Domestic" crime books, and his remarkable two-volume autobiography are now gaining a wider readership through their republication. Nonetheless, the critical writings on his work remain scattered and often difficult to obtain. This collection of reviews and essays from both popular and academic sources traces the critical response to his work from 1946 to 1996.
About the Author
CHARLES L.P. SILET is Professor of English at Iowa State University.
The Critical Response to Chester Himes, Vol. 34 FROM THE PUBLISHER
The work of Chester Himes is now undergoing a critical and popular reevaluation as it gradually comes back into print after years of neglect. His protest novels from the 1940s and early 1950s, his "Harlem Domestic" crime books, and his remarkable two-volume autobiography are now gaining a wider readership through their republication. Nonetheless, the critical writings on his work remain scattered and often difficult to obtain. This collection of reviews and essays from both popular and academic sources traces the critical response to his work from 1946 to 1996.
SYNOPSIS
Assesses the critical reputation of Chester Himes one of the most distinguished but underrated African American authors.
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
From the mid-1930s to the late 1970s, Chester Bomar Himes (1909-1984) was a poignant black voice against racism. Ironically, it was while incarcerated in Ohio State Penitentiary that he discovered his vocation as a writer. This and other autobiographical facts of the author of (1945) and (1972) are revealed in an interview with his sociologist brother in the last of 28 compiled reviews and essays written from 1946 (by James Baldwin) to 1996. Includes a chronology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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