Baldwin, James 1924-1987
Overview
| Works: | 1,191 works in 4,690 publications in 19 languages and 166,224 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Psychological fiction Drama Short stories History Novels Case studies Domestic drama Biography |
| Roles: | Author, Narrator, Performer, Honoree, Bibliographic antecedent, Interviewee, Speaker, Contributor, Other, Scenarist, Dedicatee |
| Classifications: | PS3552.A45, 813.54 |
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Most widely held works about
James Baldwin
- Notes of a native son by James Baldwin( Book )
- No name in the street by James Baldwin( Book )
- James Baldwin : a biography by David Adams Leeming( Book )
- Nobody knows my name : more notes of a native son by James Baldwin( Book )
- Talking at the gates : a life of James Baldwin by James Campbell( Book )
- James Baldwin by Harold Bloom( Book )
- Images of the Negro in American literature by Seymour L Gross( Book )
- James Baldwin by Louis H Pratt( Book )
- Native sons; a critical study of twentieth-century Negro American authors by Edward Margolies( Book )
- Modern Black novelists; a collection of critical essays by Michael G Cooke( Book )
- James Baldwin : a collection of critical essays by Keneth Kinnamon( Book )
- The Devil Finds Work : An Essay by James Baldwin( Book )
- Desperate faith : a study of Bellow, Salinger, Mailer, Baldwin, and Updike by Howard M Harper( Book )
- Five Black writers : essays on Wright, Ellison, Baldwin, Hughes, and Le Roi Jones by Donald B Gibson( Book )
- James Baldwin, a critical evaluation by Therman B O'Daniel( Book )
- James Baldwin : artist on fire : a portrait by William J Weatherby( Book )
- American oracle : the Civil War in the civil rights era by David W Blight( Book )
- James Baldwin now( Book )
- The shadow and the act : black intellectual practice, jazz improvisation, and philosophical pragmatism by Walton M Muyumba( Book )
- Psychology comes to Harlem : rethinking the race question in twentieth-century America by Jay Garcia( Book )
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Most widely held works by
James Baldwin
Go tell it on the mountain by
James Baldwin(
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343 editions published between 1952 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 6,787 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of John Grimes, a young man living in Harlem in the 1930's. His relationship with his strict preacher-father, Gabriel, who moved from the South to escape his past, is the central focus of this compelling drama
343 editions published between 1952 and 2016 in 7 languages and held by 6,787 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of John Grimes, a young man living in Harlem in the 1930's. His relationship with his strict preacher-father, Gabriel, who moved from the South to escape his past, is the central focus of this compelling drama
The fire next time by
James Baldwin(
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228 editions published between 1962 and 2017 in 7 languages and held by 5,441 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two letters, written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism
228 editions published between 1962 and 2017 in 7 languages and held by 5,441 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two letters, written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism
Another Country by
James Baldwin(
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249 editions published between 1960 and 2013 in 8 languages and held by 4,362 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"First there is a battlefield, a pressure-cooker, a time-bomb: the destructive potential that exists in racial bigotry, in color prejudice and in the tensions and sensitivities which such attitudes encourage. Woven into this pattern of violence, there is a theme that is gentle, wistful and poetic: this is Baldwin's apologia for homosexual love."
249 editions published between 1960 and 2013 in 8 languages and held by 4,362 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"First there is a battlefield, a pressure-cooker, a time-bomb: the destructive potential that exists in racial bigotry, in color prejudice and in the tensions and sensitivities which such attitudes encourage. Woven into this pattern of violence, there is a theme that is gentle, wistful and poetic: this is Baldwin's apologia for homosexual love."
Giovanni's room; a novel by
James Baldwin(
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257 editions published between 1940 and 2016 in 12 languages and held by 4,359 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"David, a young American expatriate in the south of France, becomes romantically involved ..."
257 editions published between 1940 and 2016 in 12 languages and held by 4,359 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"David, a young American expatriate in the south of France, becomes romantically involved ..."
If Beale Street could talk by
James Baldwin(
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103 editions published between 1974 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 4,120 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Like the blues--sweet, sad, and full of truth--this masterful work of fiction rocks us with powerful emotions. In it are anger and pain, but above all, love--the affirmative love of a woman for her man, the sustaining love of the black family. Fonny, a talented young artist, finds himself unjustly arrested and locked in New York's infamous Tombs. But his girlfriend, Tish, is determined to free him, and to have his baby, in this starkly realistic tale ... a powerful indictment of American concepts of justice and punishment in our time
103 editions published between 1974 and 2013 in 6 languages and held by 4,120 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Like the blues--sweet, sad, and full of truth--this masterful work of fiction rocks us with powerful emotions. In it are anger and pain, but above all, love--the affirmative love of a woman for her man, the sustaining love of the black family. Fonny, a talented young artist, finds himself unjustly arrested and locked in New York's infamous Tombs. But his girlfriend, Tish, is determined to free him, and to have his baby, in this starkly realistic tale ... a powerful indictment of American concepts of justice and punishment in our time
Blues for Mister Charlie : a play by
James Baldwin(
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135 editions published between 1964 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 3,276 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Three act drama on an interracial theme
135 editions published between 1964 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 3,276 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Three act drama on an interracial theme
Going to meet the man by
James Baldwin(
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128 editions published between 1948 and 2016 in 8 languages and held by 3,069 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In Baldwin's first published collection of short stories, written between 1948 and 1965, a young girl attempts to accept the impending departure of her lover; an African American entertainer who has made his name in Europe faces the prospect of returning to the United States; a young man who has achieved middle-class status has to accommodate his brother's life of jazz, dope addiction, and prison; a white policeman in a Southern town recalls the mutilation and lynching of a black man. Baldwin's situations are always ruthlessly spare. Every situation is firmly rooted in the world as he knew it, and the characters are so accurately perceived and truthfully rendered that the overall effect is almost musical--in that we may still hear music long after it is played. Here is an author who writes about what matters.--Adapted from jacket
128 editions published between 1948 and 2016 in 8 languages and held by 3,069 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In Baldwin's first published collection of short stories, written between 1948 and 1965, a young girl attempts to accept the impending departure of her lover; an African American entertainer who has made his name in Europe faces the prospect of returning to the United States; a young man who has achieved middle-class status has to accommodate his brother's life of jazz, dope addiction, and prison; a white policeman in a Southern town recalls the mutilation and lynching of a black man. Baldwin's situations are always ruthlessly spare. Every situation is firmly rooted in the world as he knew it, and the characters are so accurately perceived and truthfully rendered that the overall effect is almost musical--in that we may still hear music long after it is played. Here is an author who writes about what matters.--Adapted from jacket
Tell me how long the train's been gone : a novel by
James Baldwin(
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115 editions published between 1961 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 2,994 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
At the height of his theatrical career, the actor Leo Proudhammer is nearly felled by a heart attack. As he hovers between life and death, Baldwin shows the choices that have made him enviably famous and terrifyingly vulnerable
115 editions published between 1961 and 2013 in 7 languages and held by 2,994 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
At the height of his theatrical career, the actor Leo Proudhammer is nearly felled by a heart attack. As he hovers between life and death, Baldwin shows the choices that have made him enviably famous and terrifyingly vulnerable
Just above my head by
James Baldwin(
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75 editions published between 1978 and 2007 in English and French and held by 2,886 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This sprawling drama traces the passage of three individuals through the events of the nineteen-fifties, sixties, and seventies from the Apollo in Harlem to the Olympia in Paris. Love and courage bind a former child evangelist, a famous gospel singer, and the latter's manager-brother
75 editions published between 1978 and 2007 in English and French and held by 2,886 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This sprawling drama traces the passage of three individuals through the events of the nineteen-fifties, sixties, and seventies from the Apollo in Harlem to the Olympia in Paris. Love and courage bind a former child evangelist, a famous gospel singer, and the latter's manager-brother
Collected essays by
James Baldwin(
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26 editions published between 1963 and 1998 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,521 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Novelist, essayist, and public intellectual, James Baldwin was one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the postwar era, and one of the greatest African-American writers of this century. A self-described "transatlantic commuter" who spent much of his life in France, Baldwin joined a cosmopolitan sophistication to a fierce engagement with social issues. Here are the complete texts of his early landmark collections, Notes of a Native Son (1955) and Nobody Knows My Name (1961), which established him as an essential intellectual voice of his time, fusing in unique fashion the personal, the literary, and the political. The classic The Fire Next Time (1963), perhaps the most influential of his writings, is his most penetrating analysis of America's racial divide, and an impassioned call to "end the racial nightmare ... and change the history of the world." The later volumes No Name in the Street (1972) and The Devil Finds Work (1976) chart his continuing response to the social and political turbulence of his era. A further thirty-six essaysnine of them previously uncollected - include some of Baldwin's earliest published writings, as well as revealing later insights into the language of Shakespeare, the poetry of Langston Hughes, and the music of Earl Hines
26 editions published between 1963 and 1998 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,521 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Novelist, essayist, and public intellectual, James Baldwin was one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the postwar era, and one of the greatest African-American writers of this century. A self-described "transatlantic commuter" who spent much of his life in France, Baldwin joined a cosmopolitan sophistication to a fierce engagement with social issues. Here are the complete texts of his early landmark collections, Notes of a Native Son (1955) and Nobody Knows My Name (1961), which established him as an essential intellectual voice of his time, fusing in unique fashion the personal, the literary, and the political. The classic The Fire Next Time (1963), perhaps the most influential of his writings, is his most penetrating analysis of America's racial divide, and an impassioned call to "end the racial nightmare ... and change the history of the world." The later volumes No Name in the Street (1972) and The Devil Finds Work (1976) chart his continuing response to the social and political turbulence of his era. A further thirty-six essaysnine of them previously uncollected - include some of Baldwin's earliest published writings, as well as revealing later insights into the language of Shakespeare, the poetry of Langston Hughes, and the music of Earl Hines
Early novels and stories : Go tell it on the mountain ; Giovanni's room ; Another country ; Going to meet the man by
James Baldwin(
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30 editions published between 1998 and 2010 in English and held by 2,371 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Novelist, essayist, and public intellectual, James Baldwin was one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the postwar era, and one of the gre atest African-American writers of this century. A self-described "transatlantic commuter" who spent much of his life in France, Baldwin joined a cosmopolitan sophistication to a fierce engagement with social issues. Early Novels and Stories presents the novels and short stories that established Baldwin's reputation as a writer who fused unblinking realism and rare verbal eloquence. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), tells the story, rooted in Baldwin's own experience, of a preacher's son coming of age in 1930's Harlem. Giovanni's Room (1956) is a searching, and in its day controversial, treatment of the tragic self-delusions of a young American expatriate at war with his own homosexuality. Another Country (1962), a wide-ranging exploration of America's racial and sexual boundaries, depicts the suicide of a gifted jazz musician and its ripple effect on those who knew him. Going To Meet the Man (1965) collects Baldwin's short fiction, including the masterful "Sonny's Blues," the unforgettable portrait of a jazz musician struggling with drug addiction in which Baldwin came closest to defining his goal as a writer
30 editions published between 1998 and 2010 in English and held by 2,371 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Novelist, essayist, and public intellectual, James Baldwin was one of the most brilliant and provocative literary figures of the postwar era, and one of the gre atest African-American writers of this century. A self-described "transatlantic commuter" who spent much of his life in France, Baldwin joined a cosmopolitan sophistication to a fierce engagement with social issues. Early Novels and Stories presents the novels and short stories that established Baldwin's reputation as a writer who fused unblinking realism and rare verbal eloquence. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), tells the story, rooted in Baldwin's own experience, of a preacher's son coming of age in 1930's Harlem. Giovanni's Room (1956) is a searching, and in its day controversial, treatment of the tragic self-delusions of a young American expatriate at war with his own homosexuality. Another Country (1962), a wide-ranging exploration of America's racial and sexual boundaries, depicts the suicide of a gifted jazz musician and its ripple effect on those who knew him. Going To Meet the Man (1965) collects Baldwin's short fiction, including the masterful "Sonny's Blues," the unforgettable portrait of a jazz musician struggling with drug addiction in which Baldwin came closest to defining his goal as a writer
The amen corner; a play by
James Baldwin(
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68 editions published between 1954 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,208 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
For years, Sister Margaret Alexander has moved her Harlem congregation with a mixture of personal charisma and ferocious piety. But when Margaret's estranged husband, a scapegrace jazz musician, comes home to die, she is in danger of losing both her standing in the church and the son she has tried to keep on the godly path
68 editions published between 1954 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,208 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
For years, Sister Margaret Alexander has moved her Harlem congregation with a mixture of personal charisma and ferocious piety. But when Margaret's estranged husband, a scapegrace jazz musician, comes home to die, she is in danger of losing both her standing in the church and the son she has tried to keep on the godly path
A rap on race by
Margaret Mead(
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39 editions published between 1971 and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,997 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In 1970 James Baldwin and Margaret Mead met of an extraordinary seven-and-a-half hour discussion about race and society. Mead brought her knowledge of racism as practiced in remote societies around the world. Baldwin brought his personal experience with the legacy of black American history. They talked with candor, passion, rage, and brilliance, and their discussion became this unique volume."
39 editions published between 1971 and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,997 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In 1970 James Baldwin and Margaret Mead met of an extraordinary seven-and-a-half hour discussion about race and society. Mead brought her knowledge of racism as practiced in remote societies around the world. Baldwin brought his personal experience with the legacy of black American history. They talked with candor, passion, rage, and brilliance, and their discussion became this unique volume."
The evidence of things not seen by
James Baldwin(
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27 editions published between 1985 and 1995 in 3 languages and held by 1,968 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Focusing on the murders of Afro-American children in Atlanta in 1979 and 1980, Baldwin examines race relations in America and the inequities of the criminal justice system
27 editions published between 1985 and 1995 in 3 languages and held by 1,968 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Focusing on the murders of Afro-American children in Atlanta in 1979 and 1980, Baldwin examines race relations in America and the inequities of the criminal justice system
Nobody knows my name : more notes of a native son by
James Baldwin(
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132 editions published between 1960 and 1993 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,826 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Essays discuss race relations, segregation, the role of the writer in society, and the work of Andre Gide, Richard Wright, and Norman Mailer
132 editions published between 1960 and 1993 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,826 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Essays discuss race relations, segregation, the role of the writer in society, and the work of Andre Gide, Richard Wright, and Norman Mailer
The Price of the Ticket : Collected Nonfiction, 1948-1985 by
James Baldwin(
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16 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 1,774 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Complete collection of major nonfiction writings by author James Baldwin, composed between 1948 and 1985, providing his perceptions of the twentieth century black American experience
16 editions published in 1985 in English and held by 1,774 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Complete collection of major nonfiction writings by author James Baldwin, composed between 1948 and 1985, providing his perceptions of the twentieth century black American experience
One day, when I was lost : a scenario based on Alex Haley's "The autobiography of Malcolm X" by
James Baldwin(
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47 editions published between 1972 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,387 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The dramatic, tragic story of Malcolm X in a rare screenplay by one of America's most celebrated authors
47 editions published between 1972 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,387 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The dramatic, tragic story of Malcolm X in a rare screenplay by one of America's most celebrated authors
Jimmy's blues : selected poems by
James Baldwin(
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9 editions published between 1983 and 1990 in English and held by 1,271 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Finally in paperback, here is James Baldwin's only collection of poems. Baldwin's language is deceptively simple--this poetry is easily understood. But the emotions behind the words go to the core not only of the poet's soul, but of America's. Readers will see Baldwin here in both a familiar and an altogether different light
9 editions published between 1983 and 1990 in English and held by 1,271 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Finally in paperback, here is James Baldwin's only collection of poems. Baldwin's language is deceptively simple--this poetry is easily understood. But the emotions behind the words go to the core not only of the poet's soul, but of America's. Readers will see Baldwin here in both a familiar and an altogether different light
Notes of a native son by
James Baldwin(
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144 editions published between 1949 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 1,015 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contents: Everybody's protest novel ; Many thousands gone ; Carmen Jones: The dark is light enough ; The Harlem Ghetto ; Journey to Atlanta ; Notes of a native son ; Encounter on the Seine: Black meets brown ; A question of identity ; Equal in Paris ; Stranger in the village
144 editions published between 1949 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 1,015 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Contents: Everybody's protest novel ; Many thousands gone ; Carmen Jones: The dark is light enough ; The Harlem Ghetto ; Journey to Atlanta ; Notes of a native son ; Encounter on the Seine: Black meets brown ; A question of identity ; Equal in Paris ; Stranger in the village
A tribute to James Baldwin : Black writers redefine the struggle : proceedings of a conference at the University of Massachusetts
at Amherst, April 22-23, 1988 featuring Chinua Achebe, Irma McClaurin-Allen, Andrew Salkey, Michael Thelwell, John Edgar Widerman by
Chinua Achebe(
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7 editions published in 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 382 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
7 editions published in 1989 in English and Undetermined and held by 382 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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- Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David) 1919-2010
- Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) 1868-1963 Author
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Alternative Names
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Baldwin James
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Baldwin, Jimmy, 1924-1987
Bolduin, Džejms 1924-1987
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Bolduïn, Dz︠h︡eĭms 1924-1987
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James Arthur Baldwin
James Baldwin afroamerykański powieściopisarz i eseista
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James Baldwin amerikansk poet og skribent
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Jones, James Arthur 1924-1987
Τζέιμς Μπόλντουιν
Болдуин Д
Болдуин Д. 1924-1987
Болдуин Д.А
Болдуин Д.А. 1924-1987
Джеймс Болдуин американский романист, публицист, драматург, активный борец за права человека
Џејмс Болдвин
בולדוין, ג'מס 1924-1987
ג'יימס בולדווין
جيمس بالدوين
جيمس بالدوين، 1924-1987
جیمز بالدوین نویسنده و شاعر آمریکایی
ਜੇਮਜ ਬਾਲਡਵਿਨ
ჯეიმზ ბოლდუინი
볼드윈, 제임스 1924-1987
제임스 볼드윈
ジェイムズ・ボールドウィン
ボールドウィン, J
ボールドウィン・ジェイムズ
ボールドウィン, ジェームズ
詹姆斯·鲍德温
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