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A 13 page paper which evaluates the author’s place in the African-American literature of the 1960s. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Hemingway" (Dailey 102). He was Harlems favorite son, a best-selling wordsmith whose wise and seemingly all-knowing face adorned countless bookstore windows and was prominently displayed in newspapers and magazines
(Dailey 102). In 1963, critic Lionel Trilling reverently observed, "There is probably no literary career in America today that matches James Baldwins in the degree of interest it commands"
(Dailey 102). The early Sixties were when James Baldwins literary career was hitting its stride. The times, the man and his eloquent prose appeared to be in perfect
sync. James Baldwin was used to being an outcast. He was an African-American, a homosexual and an intellectual. He walked alone, was comfortable in his own shadow
and unafraid of the consequences he might suffer for speaking his mind. James Baldwin was the follower of no race movement, whether it be pro-black or pro-white; he was,
first and foremost, a humanist who believed there was a place at Americas bountiful table for everyone. He had established a literary reputation as "a trenchant critic of black
thought" (Dailey 102). His criticism hit hard, and there were no sacred cows. Baldwin directed considerable condemnation toward the increasing trend of black militancy, which would blossom into
full-flower during the 1960s, decrying it as little more than a "peculiar form of complacency" (Dailey 102). In an interview, he attempted to justify his controversial (among members of
his own race) stance by explaining, "Im not claiming that black people are better than white people... We treat each other just the way the rest of the human race
treats itself. Abominably" (Dailey 102). Baldwins literature was powerful, profound, and perceptive. His fiction and essays concentrated on the African-American experience, with which he was well familiar, having
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