Philosophical Meditations on Richard Wright is an edited collection that brings together philosophers, literary theorists, and theologians on the intersection of Richard Wright's corpus--novels, critical essays, travel writings, and poetry--and philosophical method. This collection is a unique contribution to the academic discipline of philosophy as the first sustained philosophical engagement of an African American literary figure. Utilizing various philosophical methods--existentialism, phenomenology, and hermeneutics--this collection provides new perspectives on Wright's work as well as on...

Philosophical Meditations on Richard Wright is an edited collection that brings together philosophers, literary theorists, and theologians on the intersection of Richard Wright's corpus--novels, critical essays, travel writings, and poetry--and philosophical method. This collection is a unique contribution to the academic discipline of philosophy as the first sustained philosophical engagement of an African American literary figure. Utilizing various philosophical methods--existentialism, phenomenology, and hermeneutics--this collection provides new perspectives on Wright's work as well as on...