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

Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, [2004]
Copyright Date: ©2004
Physical Description: xii, 249 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Morel, Lucas E., 1964-

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Contents

Recovering the political artistry of Invisible man / Lucas E. Morel -- Affirming the principle / James Seaton -- Ralph Ellison on the tragi-comedy of citizenship / Danielle Allen -- Ralph Ellison's American democratic individualism / Lucas E. Morel -- Invisible man and Juneteenth: Ralph Ellison's literary pursuit of racial justice / Thomas S. Engeman -- Invisible man as 'a form of social power': the evolution of Ralph Ellison's politics / William R. Nash -- Invisible man as literary analog to Brown v. Board of education / Alfred L. Brophy -- Ralph Ellison and the problem of cultural authority: the lessons of Little Rock / Kenneth W. Warren -- Ralph Ellison and the invisibility of the black intellectual: historical reflections on Invisible man / Charles 'Pete' Banner-Haley -- The litany of things: sacrament and history in Invisible man / Marc C. Conner -- Documenting turbulence: the dialectics of chaos in Invisible man / Herman Beavers -- The lingering question of personality and nation in Invisible man: 'and could politics ever be an expression of love?' / John F. Callahan.

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0813123127 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-243) and index.

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