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2 de abr. de 2014 · James Baldwin's The Devil Finds Work, a book-length essay on race and America and cinema, movingly demonstrates that analysis of art can be art itself.
1 de jan. de 2001 · The Devil Finds Work is impeccably organized: it gets better and better. Everything crescendos: the biting sarcasm, the incisive commentary, the clarity of the summaries, etc. What starts off as a good read (to put it as both a slight and a compliment to Baldwin, sub-par based on the standard to which I hold him) begins to pull harder, to engross more, to elicit more investment.
The Devil Finds Work: An Essay. From "the best essayist in this country” (The New York Times Book Review) comes an incisive book-length essay about racism in American movies that challenges the underlying assumptions in many of the films that have shaped our consciousness. Baldwin’s personal reflections on movies gathered here in a book ...
First edition of The Devil Finds Work by James Baldwin. Octavo, 122pp. Red hardcover, title in gilt on spine. Stated “First Printing” on copyright page. Solid text block, top edge dyed red, appears unread, a fine example. In publisher’s dust jacket, $6.95 retail price on front flap, a touch of shelf wear, faint toning to verso, a near ...
Now Baldwin has published a long essay, "The Devil Finds Work," the 17th book bearing his name, but the event does not call for rejoicing. In fact it brings forth not a little pain, for this work teems with a passion that is all reflex, and an anger that is unfocused and almost cynical. It is as if Baldwin were wound up and then let loose to ...
13 de set. de 2011 · Novel, short story, play, poetry, essays, I don’t care. If James Baldwin wrote it, I’ll read it and be awed by his ferocity and elegance with language. The Devil Finds Work was a fine example of this, and I look forward to digging into more. 4/5 (Originally posted on Goodreads)
26 de set. de 2014 · The devil finds work by Delving, Michael, 1914-Publication date 1969 Publisher New York, Scribner ... Openlibrary_work OL6798903W Page-progression lr ...
