Portrait of an Expatriate: William Gardner Smith, Writer (Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies)

290 Pages·1985·0.8 MB·English

by  LeRoy S. Hodges

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Portrait of an Expatriate : William Gardner
Smith, Writer Contributions in Afro-
title:
American and African Studies, 0069-9624 ;
No. 91
author: Hodges, LeRoy S.
publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
isbn10 | asin: 0313248826
print isbn13: 9780313248825
ebook isbn13: 9780313064388
language: English
Smith, William Gardner,--1927-1974,
Authors, American--20th century--
Biography, African Americans--Intellectual
subject
life--20th century, African American
authors--Biography, Authors, Exiled--
Biography.
publication date: 1985
lcc: PS3537.M8685Z69 1985eb
ddc: 813/.54
Smith, William Gardner,--1927-1974,
Authors, American--20th century--
subject: Biography, African Americans--Intellectual
life--20th century, African American
authors--Biography, Authors, Exiled--
Biography.
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PORTRAIT OF AN EXPATRIATE
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William Gardner Smith, 1973
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PORTRAIT OF AN EXPATRIATE
William Gardner Smith, Writer
LeRoy S.Hodges, Jr.
Contributions in Afro-American and African Studies, Number 91
Greenwood Press
Westport, Connecticut • London, England
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hodges, LeRoy S.
Portrait of an expatriate.
(Contributions in Afro-American and African studies,
ISSN 0069–9624; no. 91)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Smith, William Gardner, 1927–1974. 2. Authors,
American—20th century—Biography. 3. Afro-Americans
Biography. I. Title. II. Series.
PS3537.M8685Z69 1985 813′.54 [B] 85–934
ISBN 0-313-24882-6
Copyright © 1985 by LeRoy S.Hodges, Jr.
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 85–934
ISBN: 0-313-24882-6
ISSN: 0069-9624
First published in 1985
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Copyright Acknowledgments
Grateful acknowledgment is given for permission to reprint the following:
Extracts from “The Expatriate Tradition ‘Then and Now,’” The Paris
Review, Winter-Spring 1965 issue, No. 33., pp. 158–59, 164–66.
Excerpts reprinted by permission of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc., from:
LAST OF THE CONQUERORS, copyright © 1948 by William Gardner
Smith; ANGER AT INNOCENCE, copyright © 1950 by William Gardner
Smith; SOUTH STREET, copyright © 1954 by William Gardner Smith;
and THE STONE FACE, copyright © 1963 by William Gardner Smith.
Excerpts from RETURN TO BLACK AMERICA, copyright © 1970.
Reprinted by permission of the publisher, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood
Cliffs, NJ 07632.
Reprinting of “The Compensation for the Wound,” appearing in Two
Cities, Summer 1961, pp. 67–69, with the permission of Jean Fanchette.
Correspondence between Jerry H.Bryant and William Gardner Smith and
LeRoy S.Hodges, Jr., with the permission of Jerry H.Bryant.
Correspondence between Richard Gibson and LeRoy S.Hodges, Jr., with
the permission of Richard Gibson.
Correspondence between Edith Smith Earle, William Gardner Smith, and
LeRoy S.Hodges, Jr., with the permission of Edith Smith Earle.
Conversations and excerpts therein and materials given to LeRoy
S.Hodges, Jr., by Mary Sewell Smith concerning William Gardner Smith
and Mary Sewell Smith with her permission.
Letters and excerpts therein of correspondence between William Gardner
Smith, LeRoy S. Hodges, Jr., and Celia Hornung Sanders with her
permission.
Every reasonable effort has been made to trace the owners of copyright
materials in this book, but in some instances this has proven impossible.
The publishers will be glad to receive information leading to more
complete acknowledgments in subsequent prints of this book, and in the
meantime extend their apologies for any omissions.
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