{"product_id":"of-latitudes-unknown-alice-mikal-craven-9781501367571","title":"Of Latitudes Unknown: James Baldwin's Radical Imagination","description":"\u003ci\u003eOf Latitudes Unknown\u003c\/i\u003eis a multi-faceted study of James Baldwin's radical imagination. It is a selective and thoughtful survey that re-investigates the grounds of Baldwin studies and provides new critical approaches, subjects, and orientations for Baldwin criticism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This volume joins recent critical collections in \"un-fragmenting\" Baldwin and establishing further conjunctions in his work: the essay and the novel; the polemical and the aesthetic; his use of and participation in visual forms; and his American as well as international identities. But it goes beyond other recent studies by focusing on new entities of Baldwin's radical imagination: his English and French language selves; his late encounters with Africa; his appearances on French television and interviews with French journalists; and his unrecognized literary journalism. \u003ci\u003eOf Latitudes Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e also addresses Baldwin's relations with the Arab world, his anticipation of contemporary film and media studies, and his paradoxical public intellectualism. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As it reassesses Baldwin's contributions to and influences on world literary history, \u003ci\u003eOf Latitudes Unknown\u003c\/i\u003eequally explores why the critical appreciation of Baldwin's writing continues to flourish, and why it remains a vast territory whose parts lie open to much deeper exploration and elaboration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alice Mikal Craven\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501367579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501367571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d","brand":"Alice Mikal Craven","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43941913133311,"sku":"9781501367571","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_ede3a1b5-5e9a-48c8-8316-6f20c23f2665.jpg?v=1681455682","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/of-latitudes-unknown-alice-mikal-craven-9781501367571","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}