Twentieth century interpretations of Invisible man, a collection of critical essays. / Edited by John M. Reilly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reilly, John M. (John Mardsen), compiler.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Twentieth century interpretations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ellison, Ralph. Invisible man.

Ellison, Ralph.

African Americans in literature.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

vi, 120 pages, 2 unnumbered pages. ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1970.

Contents:

Introduction, by J. M. Reilly.

Part One-Interpretations. Leadership mirages as antagonists in Invisible man, by M. K. Singleton; Ralph Ellison and the uses of imagination, by R. Bone; Ralph Ellison's modern version of Brer Bear and Brer Rabbit in Invisible man, by F. R. Horowitz; Irony from underground: satiric elements in Invisible man, by W. J. Schafer; The symbolism of vision, by C. I. Glicksberg; Ralph Ellison and the American comic tradition, by E. H. Rovit; The American Negro and the image of the absurd, by E. M. Jackson; Two modern incest heroes, by S. Fraiberg; The rebirth of the artist, by E. Horowitz; The image of man as portrayed by Ralph Ellison, by T. B. O'Daniel.

Part Two-Viewpoints. The deep pit, by L. L. Brown; Black boys and native sons, by I. Howe; Black man's burden, by A. West; The strange silence of Ralph Ellison, by R. D. Lehan; Negro images in American writing, by E. Kaiser.

Notes:

Spectrum book S-872.

"Cover design by Stanley Wyatt."

Publisher's advertisements: [2] pages at end.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy is '2' printing.

ISBN:

0135054958

OCLC:

102490