Go Tell It on the Mountain (novel)
Go Tell It on the Mountain is a 1953 semi-autobiographical novel by James Baldwin. It tells the story of John Grimes, an intelligent teenager in 1930's Harlem, and his relationship to his family and his church. The novel also reveals the back stories of John's mother, his biological father, and his violent, religious fanatic step-father, Gabriel Grimes. The novel focuses on the role of the Pentecostal Church in the lives of African-Americans, as a negative source of repression and moral hypocrisy and also as a positive source of inspiration and community. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Go Tell It on the Mountain 39th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Time Magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.
Wikipage disambiguates
Wikipage redirect
primaryTopic
Go Tell It on the Mountain (novel)
Go Tell It on the Mountain is a 1953 semi-autobiographical novel by James Baldwin. It tells the story of John Grimes, an intelligent teenager in 1930's Harlem, and his relationship to his family and his church. The novel also reveals the back stories of John's mother, his biological father, and his violent, religious fanatic step-father, Gabriel Grimes. The novel focuses on the role of the Pentecostal Church in the lives of African-Americans, as a negative source of repression and moral hypocrisy and also as a positive source of inspiration and community. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Go Tell It on the Mountain 39th on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Time Magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005.
has abstract
Go Tell It on the Mountain is ...... uage Novels from 1923 to 2005.
@en
Gridalo forte (titolo original ...... presentata come una salvezza.
@it
Ve y dilo en la montaña (títul ...... s en inglés entre 1923 y 2005.
@es
author
ISBN
0-440-33007-6
LCC
PS3552 .A5 G6
literary genre
OCLC
publisher
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
735,787,278
Caption
country
language
release date
publisher
subject
hypernym
comment
Go Tell It on the Mountain is ...... uage Novels from 1923 to 2005.
@en
Gridalo forte (titolo original ...... inglese tra il 1923 e il 2005.
@it
Ve y dilo en la montaña (títul ...... racismo en los Estados Unidos.
@es
label
Go Tell It on the Mountain (novel)
@en
Gridalo forte
@it
Ve y dilo en la montaña
@es
sameAs
wasDerivedFrom
isPrimaryTopicOf
name
Go Tell It on the Mountain
@en