%0 Journal Article %T Hunger and Self-Fashioning in Richard Wright¡¯s Black Boy and Knut Hamsun¡¯s Sult %A Rees %A Daniel %J COPAS : Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies %D 2010 %I University of Regensburg %X Despite their obvious differences in style, setting, and literary background, Richard Wright¡¯s novel Black Boy and Knut Hamsun¡¯s Sult share a marked similarity in their contemplation of hunger as both a social and existential issue. This matter is one that is bound up with the creation and understanding of self-fashioning and identity, as related through the subjective perceptions and experiences of the narrator. %U http://copas.uni-regensburg.de/article/view/124/148