02691nam 2200637 a 450 991045643160332120200520144314.01-58729-163-0(CKB)111004365704532(EBL)836710(OCoLC)45729573(SSID)ssj0000183449(PQKBManifestationID)11167819(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000183449(PQKBWorkID)10194379(PQKB)10173351(SSID)ssj0000591285(PQKBManifestationID)12185693(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000591285(PQKBWorkID)10696663(PQKB)11600843(MiAaPQ)EBC836710(MdBmJHUP)muse8973(Au-PeEL)EBL836710(CaPaEBR)ebr10494019(EXLCZ)9911100436570453219870819d1988 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInvisible criticism[electronic resource] Ralph Ellison and the American canon /by Alan Nadel1st ed.Iowa City University of Iowa Press19881 online resource (199 p.)Includes index.0-87745-190-7 0-87745-321-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Origins of Invisibility; 2. Translating Tradition; 3. Tod Clifton: Spiritual and Carnal; 4. Invisible Man in the Golden Day; 5. Invisible Criticism: Melville and Emerson Revised; 6. Invisible Man, Huck, and Jim; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; IndexIn 1952 Ralph Ellison won the National Book Award for his Kafkaesque and claustrophobic novel about the life of a nameless young black man in New York City. Although Invisible Man has remained the only novel that Ellison published in his lifetime, it is generally regarded as one of the most important works of fiction in our century.This new reading of a classic work examines Ellison's relation to and critique of the American literary canon by demonstrating that the pattern of allusions in Invisible Man forms a literary-critical subtext which challenges the aAfrican Americans in literatureCanon (Literature)Electronic books.African Americans in literature.Canon (Literature)813/.54Nadel Alan1947-886935MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456431603321Invisible criticism2452289UNINA