Ralph Ellison And the Raft of Hope
Subtitle: A Political Companion to Invisible Man
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: April 10, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780813191621
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Political science & theory; Literature - Classics / Criticism; History; Literary Criticism; English; USA; Political fiction, American; American - African American & Black; 20th century; African American men in literature; History and criticism; Politics and literature; United States
First sentence: A half century after the publication of Invisible Man there is very little controversy over its standing as one of the great literary works of the twentieth century, but the debate over the political implications of the novel and about Ralph Ellison's politics in general has continued, even though some issues have become moot.