詹姆斯·鲍德温的读者:白色的纯真与对“来自我心中某个地区的信”的接受

IF 0.3 3区文学 0 LITERATURE, AMERICAN

AFRICAN AMERICAN REVIEW Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI:10.1353/afa.2022.0004

Ben Fried

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摘要

摘要:1962年，詹姆斯·鲍德温成为《纽约客》的第二位黑人撰稿人，这是他职业生涯和该杂志历史上的一个十字路口。本文重构了《来自我脑海中某个地区的信》的编辑发展和评论后世，认为白人读者对这篇文章的接受已经存在于其孕育阶段。《信》是一个转变的故事，试图将观众从美国白人任性的天真传统中解脱出来。鲍德温的读者，从威廉·肖恩(William Shawn)到作者最近的复兴，启动了这篇文章的相互反思机制——风格和内容的交错——虽然不完美，但效果持久。

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James Baldwin’s Readers: White Innocence and the Reception of “Letter from a Region in My Mind”

Abstract:In 1962, James Baldwin became the second Black contributor to The New Yorker, appearing at a crossroads in his career and the magazine’s history. This article reconstructs the editorial development and critical afterlife of “Letter from a Region in My Mind,” arguing that the essay’s reception by white readers is already present in its gestation. A conversion tale, “Letter” attempts to extricate its audience from the American tradition of willful white innocence. Baldwin’s readers, from William Shawn to the author’s recent revival, set in motion the essay’s machinery of reciprocal reflection—its chiasmus of style and substance—with imperfect but enduring results.

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AFRICAN AMERICAN REVIEW LITERATURE, AMERICAN-

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期刊介绍： As the official publication of the Division on Black American Literature and Culture of the Modern Language Association, the quarterly journal African American Review promotes a lively exchange among writers and scholars in the arts, humanities, and social sciences who hold diverse perspectives on African American literature and culture. Between 1967 and 1976, the journal appeared under the title Negro American Literature Forum and for the next fifteen years was titled Black American Literature Forum. In 1992, African American Review changed its name for a third time and expanded its mission to include the study of a broader array of cultural formations.