Ralph Ellison's Invisible man : a casebook / / edited by John F. Callahan

• Autore: Ellison Ralph
• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2004]; ©2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 352 pages)
• Disciplina: 813.54
• Soggetto topico: African American men in literature; African Americans in literature
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): CallahanJohn F. <1940->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-352).
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Prologue: Ralph Ellison on Invisible Man -- Before Publication -- After Publication -- Part II: Critical Essays on Invisible Man -- Ralph Ellison's Trueblooded Bildungsroman -- Ellison's Zoot Suit -- Ellison's Vision of Communitas -- Ralph Ellison, Race, and American Culture -- The Rules of Magic: Hemingway as Ellison's "Ancestor" -- The Meaning of Narration in Invisible Man -- The Conscious Hero and the Rites of Man: Ellison's War -- Notes on the Invisible Women in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man -- Luminosity from the Lower Frequencies -- Ellison's Invisible Man -- Part III: Epilogue -- On Initiation Rites and Power: A Lecture at West Point -- Selected Bibliography.
• Sommario/riassunto: Offering students and scholars a variety of interpretations from which to fashion their own views of the novel and the man who created it, this text takes the position that there can be no last word on "Invisible Man". The essays share a respect for the novel's fluidity and for every reader's encounter with its narrator, story, and meanings.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ralph Ellison's Invisible man
• ISBN: 0-19-972640-X; 0-19-530289-3; 1-60256-738-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457975503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II