The critical response to Ralph Ellison /
Imprint: | Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2000. |
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Description: | xlv, 243 pages ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Critical responses in arts and letters, 1057-0993 ; no. 35 |
Subject: | Ellison, Ralph -- Criticism and interpretation. Ellison, Ralph. African Americans in literature. African Americans in literature. Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4270586 |
Summary: | Ralph Ellison's literary career began in 1937 with the publication of his review of Waters Edward Turpin's These Low Grounds. Over the next 15 years he published 10 short stories and 37 essays on literary, cultural, and political topics. But when Invisible Man was published in 1952, Ellison received immediate acclaim from a wide variety of critics, scholars, and novelists. While his novel emerged as a major work of African American literature, it also engaged the European literary tradition and influenced an entire generation of post-World War II writers. Ellison is now one of the most studied African American writers, and the posthumous publication of his second novel, Juneteenth, in 1999 has drawn even more attention to his contribution. |
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Physical Description: | xlv, 243 pages ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-237) and index. |
ISBN: | 0313302855 (alk. paper) |