SOURCE: “The Narrows: A Black New England Novel,” in Studies in American Fiction, Vol. 15, Spring, 1987, pp. 81–93
In the following essay, Weir discusses Petry's novel The Narrows, its indebtedness to Hawthorne, Wright, and other sources, and its clear portrayal of aspects of African-American culture.
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