Ralph Ellison in Context
Published on 5. January 2022
978-1-108-80648-0 (ISBN)
Description
Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man is the second-most assigned American novel since 1945 and is one of the most enduring. It is studied by many thousands of high school and college students every year and has been since the 1950s. His landmark essays, with their blend of personal history and cultural theory, have been extraordinarily influential. Ralph Ellison in Context includes authoritative chapters summing up longstanding conversations, while offering groundbreaking essays on a variety of topics not yet covered in the copious critical and biographical literature. It provides fresh perspectives on some of the most important people and places in Ellison's life, and explores where his work and biography cross paths with some of the pressing topics of his time. It includes chapters on Ellison's literary influences and offers a definitive overview of his early writings. It also provides an overview of Ellison's reception and reputation from his death in 1994 through 2020.
Reviews / Votes
'... an ideal introduction to the scholarship surrounding this important writer ... Recommended,' J. W. Miller, Choice 'All the contributors write with insight and authority. Their work is of great service and gives both the expert and lay reader lots to ponder.' Sam Halliday, American Literary HistoryMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
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Worked examples or Exercises
File size
6,40 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-108-80648-0 (9781108806480)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Paul Devlin
Ralph Ellison in Context
Book
12/2021
Cambridge University Press
€126.70
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Content
Part I. Geographical, Institutional, and Interpersonal Contexts: 1. Oklahoma City and 'the territory' Tracy Floreani; 2. Ghosts of Tuskegee Caroline Gebhard; 3. Morteza drexel sprague Matthew McKnight; 4. New York City, 1936-1946 Sara Rutkowski; 5. The U.S. merchant marine Paul Devlin; 6. Fanny Ellison Colleen Eils; 7. Rome, 1955-1957 Sara Marzioli; 8. Postwar New York Andrew Davenport; 9. Albert Murray after 1962 Paul Devlin; Part II. Historical, Political, and Cultural Contexts: 10. Visualizing Black identity in Ellison's fiction Lena Hill; 11. Alternating currents: Electricity, humanism, and resistance Jennifer L. Lieberman; 12. Sounds and signs of Black womanhood Meina Yates-Richard; 13. Masculinity E. Al-Tariq Moore; 14. Aesthetics of democracy Sterling Lecater Bland, Jr; 15. Black power and Black arts Matthew Calihman; 16. Wrestling with the far right: Ellison's representations of fascism Kevin Moore; 17. Southwestern swing Steven Lewis; 18. The self-fashioned American blues identity Kimberly Mack; 19. Ellison's durational view of bebop Michael Germana; Part III. Literary and Critical Contexts: 20. The Harlem renaissance Michael Borshuk; 21. Ellison's early writings Barbara Foley; 22. The Wright school Stephan Kuhl; 23. Literary modernism Tessa Roynon; 24. Beyond raglan's Hero: Ellison's ritualist influences Bryan Crable; 25. Sociology Scott Selisker; 26. The soapbox speech in Ellison's fiction Granville Ganter; 27. Postwar literary aesthetics Jesse McCarthy; 28. Ellison as correspondent Marc C. Conner; Part IV. Reception and Reputation: 29. Critical reputation, 1994-2020 Paul Devlin and Robert Butler; 30. Reading invisible man by design Kinohi Nishikawa; 31. Reception of the Hickman novel Benji de la Piedra; 32. Reception of the essay collections Matthew Lambert; 33. Reception in the USSR and former USSR Olga Panova; 34. Biographies of Ellison Timothy Parrish; 35. Ellison and digital humanities J. D. Porter.
