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- Title
Shame, Rage, and Endless Battle: Systemic Pressure and Individual Violence in James Baldwin's Go Tell It on the Mountain.
- Authors
CONNOLLY, ANDREW
- Abstract
A literary criticism of the book "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin is presented. It outlines the characters and explores the symbolic significance of these characters. It explores the tension between the individual and the collective in the systemic failure of the morality and practices of sin. An overview of the story is also given.
- Subjects
GO Tell It on the Mountain (Book : Baldwin); BALDWIN, James, 1924-1987; AMERICAN literature; LITERARY criticism; HISTORY of violence; EMBARRASSMENT
- Publication
CEA Critic, 2015, Vol 77, Issue 1, p120
- ISSN
0007-8069
- Publication type
Literary Criticism
- DOI
10.1353/cea.2015.0000