Bigger Thomas

Author Harold Bloom

Publisher Chelsea House Publishers

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eBook

2nd Edition 1st Edition

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Author

Harold Bloom

Publisher

Chelsea House Publishers

Volume

Copyright

2022

ISBN13

9781646936144

Release

Format

eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - 12th Grade

DDC
TBD

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Overview

Bigger Thomas is the protagonist of Richard Wright's novel Native Son. This is an eBook version of the original edition of this Bloom's Major Literary Characters title, containing all the classic essays on Bigger Thomas published in the first print edition, as well as Harold Bloom's essay The Analysis of Character.
Front Cover.
Copyright Page.
1: The Analysis of Character.
2: Editor’s Note.
3: Introduction by Harold Bloom.
4: Chapters.
5: Everybody’s Protest Novel (Excerpt).
6: Black Boys and Native Sons (Excerpt).
7: The World and the Jug (Excerpt).
8: Racial Wisdom and Richard Wright’s Native Son (Excerpt).
9: Rebel and Streetman in Black Literature (Excerpt).
10: Richard Wright: The Artist as Public Figure (Excerpt).
11: Richard Wright: Individualism Reconsidered (Excerpt).
12: The Blackness of Blackness: A Critique of the Sign and the Signifying Monkey (Excerpt).
13: Being and Race (Excerpt).
14: How “Bigger” Was Born.
15: Native Son and Three Kinds of Revolution.
16: Bessie’s Blues.
17: Native Son.
18: Richard Wright and Native Son: not Guilty.
19: Bigger Thomas: The Symbolic Negro and the Discrete Human Entity.
20: Native Son and Mass Culture.
21: The Function of Violence in Native Son.
22: Wright’s Crime and Punishment.
23: The Narrative Presence in Native Son.
24: Alienation and Creativity in Native Son.
25: Misogyny and Appropriation in Native Son.
Support Materials.
Contributors.
Bibliography.
Acknowledgments.
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