Ralph Ellison and the raft of hope : a political companion to Invisible man / / edited by Lucas E. Morel

• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 2006; ©2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (264 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.54
• Soggetto topico: Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century; Political fiction, American - History and criticism; African American men in literature; African Americans in literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): MorelLucas E. <1964->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Recovering the Political Artistry of Invisible Man; Chapter 1 Affirming the Principle; Chapter 2 Ralph Ellison on the Tragi-Comedy of Citizenship; Chapter 3 Ralph Ellison's American Democratic Individualism; Chapter 4 Invisible Man and Juneteenth: Ralph Ellison's Literary Pursuit of Racial Justice; Chapter 5 Invisible Man as ""a form of social power"": The Evolution if Ralph Ellison's Politics; Chapter 6 Invisible Man as Literary Analog to Brown v. Board of Education ; Chapter 7 Ralph Ellison and the Problem if Cultural Authority: The Lessons of Little RockChapter 8 Ralph Ellison and the Invisibility if the Black Intellectual: Historical Reflections on Invisible Man; Chapter 9 The Litany of Things: Sacrament and History in Invisible Man; Chapter 10 Documenting Turbulence: The Dialectics of Chaos in Invisible Man; Epilogue The Lingering Question of Personality and Nation in Invisible Man: ""And could politics ever be an expression of love?""; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: An important new collection of original essays that examine how Ellison's landmark novel, Invisible Man (1952), addresses the social, cultural, political, economic, and racial contradictions of America. Commenting on the significance of Mark Twain's writings, Ralph Ellison wrote that ""a novel could be fashioned as a raft of hope, perception and entertainment that might help keep us afloat as we tried to negotiate the snags and whirlpools that mark our nation's vacillating course toward and away from the democratic ideal."" Ellison believed it was the contradiction between America's ""noble id
• Titolo autorizzato: Ralph Ellison and the raft of hope
• ISBN: 0-8131-4773-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459620903321
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