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Richard Wright's long journey from Gorky to Dostoevsky. (Maxim Gorky and Fyodor Dostoevsky)

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From: African American Review
Date: 19940922
Author:Peterson, Dale E.

Richard Wright's literary career started with a Maxim Gorky-like faith in proletarian internationalism and moved to Fyodor Dostoevsky's concept of faith in universal humanism. Both worldviews were Wright's efforts to transcend the depressing reality of African-Americans' position in the American social structure. While Wright's 'Black Boy' shows Gorky's influence, his 'Native Son' shows evidence of the influence of Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment.'

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