"A [B]igger's Place": Lynching and Specularity in Richard Wright's "Fire and Cloud" and Native Son

abstract

• Focuses on the novel "Native Son" and the short story "Fire and Cloud," by Richard Wright. Differences and similarities of the two literary works; Lynching and enforced visibility; Characteristics of Wright's writings.

authors

• Tuhkanen, Mikko

published proceedings

• African American Review

author list (cited authors)

• Tuhkanen, M. J

citation count

• 1

complete list of authors

• Tuhkanen, Mikko Juhani

publisher

• Indiana State University  Publisher

published in

• African American Review  Journal

keywords

• Literary Criticism

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2307/2901315

start page

• 125

end page

• 133

volume

• 33

issue

• 1

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2901315