Love as a central topic in Baldwin’s Another Country has been analysed by several critics and even Baldwin admits candidly that the novel shows “the desperate searches” of its characters “for the self- knowledge and self-esteem – the identity – without which real love is impossible.” But how do these themes work in the novel, what does such a love have to look like and what does it have to include for the individual to be “able to learn to see real human beings behind the categories, labels, and prejudices” which are imposed by the loveless in a society.
Another Country, as a fictional work, serves Baldwin to express several ideas formerly developed in his essay writing and so the novel covers a manifold spectrum of social issues, including race, sexuality and finally love. The novel Another Country, published in 1962, was written by James Baldwin, an African-American writer, particularly well known for his social-critical essays.
The journey to Another Country and Conclusion Part II: Prospect for the other characters and their journey to Another CountryĬass and Richard – Eric and Yves – Vivaldo and Ida Part I: How the lack of love leads to madness and death
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