"Youwriteinordertochangetheworld,knowingperfectlywellthatyouprobablycan't,butalsoknowingthatliteratureisindispensabletotheworld...Theworldchangesaccordingtothewaypeopleseeit,andifyoualter,evenbyamillimeter,theway...peoplelookatreality,thenyoucanchangeit."--JamesBaldwin HenryJames(1843-1916)American-bornwriter,...
America is a big drama. Baldwin himself plays a role in it, i.e. a nigger. I was released from the illusion that I hated America: I got rid of the illusion of hating America. I no longer hated America. The whole sentence: Once I could face my role of being a nigger in the ...
"Youwriteinordertochangetheworld,knowingperfectlywellthatyouprobablycan't,butalsoknowingthatliteratureisindispensabletotheworld...Theworldchangesaccordingtothewaypeopleseeit,andifyoualter,evenbyamillimeter,theway...peoplelookatreality,thenyoucanchangeit."--JamesBaldwin HenryJames(1843-1916)American-bornwriter,...
It is considered to be one of the master- pieces of the world literature. It was first published from 1875 to 1877 as a serial in the Russki Vestnik (Russian Messenger). The first complete English translation appeared in 1899. A 16、lbert Camus (1913-1960) French novelist, essayist and...