Description:The writings of this influential civil rights leader include The Souls of Black Folk and The Black Flame. This title, W.E.B. Du Bois, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of W.E.B. Du Bois through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on W.E.B. Du Bois, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University.