Baldwin’s later work reworks rather than abandons his earlier ideas.

Evidence

Baldwin’s work constantly folds back on itself. Earlier formulations are taken up in his later years, and the accents move because of what he has seen and experienced. Rarely does he cast aside old ideas for new ones. Instead, new experiences cast old ideas in a different light. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Begin Again, 64

Categorization

• XREF: Central to the reader’s recanonization argument: the late essays must be read in continuity with, not decline from, The Fire Next Time. — connects to: A later work can complete and transform an earlier one rather than contradict it.
• SEED: The ‘folds back on itself’ method gives an essay structure: reading The Fire Next Time through No Name in the Street rather than against it.