Oedipus Agonistes: Mothers and Sons in Richard Wright's Fiction.

Hoeveler, Diane Long

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Publication Date: 1978

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Oedipus Agonistes: Mothers and Sons in Richard Wright's Fiction

Hoeveler, Diane Long

Black American Literature Forum, 12, 2, 65-8, Sum 78

Shows that the pervasive violence toward women in Richard Wright's fiction is caused by the irreconcilable oedipal dilemmas that afflict his heroes. (GW)

Descriptors: Black Literature, Black Mothers, Characterization, Females, Fiction, Literary Criticism, Parent Child Relationship, Psychological Patterns, United States Literature, Violence

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