Shadowing Ralph Ellison / John S. Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, John S. (John Samuel), 1946-

Series:

Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.

Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans in literature.

Ellison, Ralph--Criticism and interpretation.

Ellison, Ralph.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1952, Ralph Ellison (1914-1994) published his novel Invisible Man, which transformed the dynamics of American literature. The novel won the National Book Award, extended the themes of his early short stories, and dramatized in fictional form the cultural theories expressed in his later essay collections Shadow & Act and Going to the Territory. In Shadowing Ralph Ellison, John Wright traces Ellison's intellectual and aesthetic development and the evolution of his cultural philosophy throughout his long career. The book explores Ellison's published fiction, his criticism and correspondence, a

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Chronology of Ralph Ellison's Life, Contacts, and of Relevant Events; Prologue: Orienting Metaphors for a Metaphysical Manhunt; Chapter One: Dedicated Dreamer, Consecrated Acts: Shadowing Ellison; Chapter Two: The Conscious Hero and the Rites of Man: Ellison's War; Chapter Three: Ellison's Spiritual Technologies; Chapter Four: The Man of Letters and the Unending Conversation; Epilogue: The Last Gestalt: Ellison's Unfinished Business; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-91726-9

9786612917264

1-60473-075-7

1-4294-6062-8

OCLC:

191936335