Scope|Circulating Books|Critical Sources|Periodicals, Journals & Trade Publications|Web Sites 

Scope: Richard Wright established himself as a major Black American writer. His works portrayed the African-American as an outsider and alienated man who is attempting to define himself within the contexts of a white society. Native Son and Black Boy (autobiographical) are two of his major works.

CIRCULATING BOOKS

Books of Richard Wright’s works are listed in our on-line catalog under “Wright, Richard,” and under individual titles.

Books by and about Richard Wright have the call number (s)

PS 3545.R815

Some representative books from the circulating collection that are located upstairs in the library are:

Butler, Robert. Native Son: The Emergence of a New Black Hero. Boston: Twayne 
Publishers, 1991.

Campbell, James. Exiled in Paris: Richard Wright, James Baldwin, Samuel Beckett and Others on the Left Bank. New York: Scribner, 1995.

Kinnamon, Keneth. New Essays on Native Son. New York: Cambridge University 
Press, 1990.

CRITICAL SOURCES

There are books in the Reference Collection that do not circulate but pages may be photocopied. These resources provide an overview or summary of the topic.

The following titles are appropriate to this topic:

PR 821.C7 1991 Critical Survey of Long Fiction

PN 771.M3 1991 Major 20th-Century Writers

PN 841.M58 2000 Modern Black Writers 

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Click the link for a list of full text journals available through our databases in:

• American Literature

Return to Authors Research Guide

Updated 02/08/2007