[Review of] Evelyn Gross Avery, Rebels and Victims: the Fiction of Richard Wright and Bernard Malamud

Authors

Edith Blicksilver

Orginal Publication Date

1981

Journal Title

Explorations in Sights and Sounds

Volume

1

Issue

ess/vol1/iss1

First Page

3

Last Page

4

Abstract

Evelyn Gross Avery's comparison of Richard Wright's works and themes with those of Bernard Malamud asserts that a clear pattern of behavior is discernible in both Afro-American and Jewish-American fiction. Both black and Jew, facing a hostile Anglo-power society, psychologically and sometimes even physically abused, emerged as rebels striking out at exploitation and injustice or as victims, internalizing their frustrated anguish.

Rights

Copyright, ​©EES, The National Association for Ethnic Studies, 1981