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Controversial and compelling, its account of crime and racism remains the source of profound disagreement both within African-American culture and throughout the world.  \nThis guide to Wright’s provocative novel offers:  \n• an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of Native Son;  \n• a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present;  \n• a selection of reprinted critical essays on Native Son, by James Baldwin, Hazel Rowley, Anthony Dawahare, Clare Eby and James Smethurst, providing a range of perspectives on the novel and extending the coverage of key critical approaches identified in the survey section;  \n• a chronology to help place the novel in its historical context;  \n• suggestions for further reading.  \nPart of the Routledge Guides to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Native Son and seeking not only a guide to the novel, but also a way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surrounds Wright’s text.  \nAndrew Warnes is a lecturer in American literature at the University of Leeds.  \nRoutledge Guides to Literature*  \nEditorial Advisory Board: Richard Bradford (University of Ulster at Coleraine), Shirley Chew (University of Leeds), Mick Gidley (University of Leeds), Jan Jedrzejewski (University of Ulster at Coleraine), Ed Larrissy (University of Leeds), Duncan Wu (St. Catherine’s College, University of Oxford)  \nRoutledge Guides to Literature offer clear introductions to the most widely studied authors and texts. Each book engages with texts, contexts and criticism, highlighting the range of critical views and contextual factors that need to betaken into consideration in advanced studies of literary works. The series encourages informed but independent readings of texts by ranging as widely as possible across the contextual and critical issues relevant to the works examined, rather than presenting a single interpretation. Alongside general guides to textsand authors, the series includes ‘Sourcebooks’, which allow access to reprinted contextual and critical materials as well as annotated extracts of primary text.  \nAlready available:*  \nGeoffrey Chaucer by Gillian Rudd Ben Jonson by James Loxley  \nWilliam Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice: A Sourcebook edited by  \nS. P. 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