{"product_id":"of-latitudes-unknown-james-baldwins-radical-imagination-9781501367571","title":"Of Latitudes Unknown: James Baldwin's Radical Imagination","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Craven, Alice Mikal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501367571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.57d","brand":"Alice Mikal Craven","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32749059407947,"sku":"9781501367571","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_71f53369-7469-40a1-975c-8bbee8101873.jpg?v=1597779801","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/of-latitudes-unknown-james-baldwins-radical-imagination-9781501367571","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}