Ralph Ellison and the Raft of Hope
Subtitle: A Political Companion to Invisible Man
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: February 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780813123127
Subjects: Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Politics and literature; History and criticism; Ellison, Ralph; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; Literary Criticism; USA; Invisible man; American - African American & Black; United States; American - African American; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; 20th century; African American men in literature; History; Political fiction, American
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.