James Baldwin and the Short Story (eBook)

Ethics, Aesthetics, Psychogeography

Benedict Ushedo (Autor)

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2018
194 Seiten
Wipf and Stock Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4982-4204-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This book examines the range of issues that echo in James Baldwin's short stories. It articulates and defends the claim that the stories in the collection Going to Meet the Man are driven by the autobiographical memory of the author. To support this line of thought and the related proposition that the stories feed into themes relevant to self-knowledge, vicarious suffering, love, and forgiveness, their effectiveness as transformative and "revelatory texts" is highlighted. By drawing on contemporary studies and challenging the view that short stories are no more than miniature pieces merely echoing "major" works of their authors, this book demonstrates that the short story genre can be profoundly forceful and effective in the articulation of complex human issues. This study shows also that the humanistic import of the Baldwin stories is amplified by their ability to accumulate moral tension as they elicit the participation of the reader in an imaginative quest for a better world.

Autor

After earning his teaching license from the University College in London, Benedict Ushedo has, since 2002, been teaching philosophy, ethics, and religion in schools in the greater London area. He was previously a school master in Nigeria. He developed his specialty in literature, theology, and the arts during his post-graduate studies at the Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven in Belgium, and PhD research at the University of Glasgow.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.3.2018
• Verlagsort: Eugene
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Schlagworte: 1924-1987--Criticism • baldwin • Benedict Ushedo • ETC • ethics • Ethics and moral philosophy • Interpretation • James • James Baldwin and the Short Story • Literary criticism • Literary studies: fiction • Literature • Literature: history and criticism • novelists and prose writers • Philosophy • Short Stories
• ISBN-10: 1-4982-4204-9 / 1498242049
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4982-4204-2 / 9781498242042