A Historical Guide to Ralph Ellison

by Steven C. Tracy

Book Overview

Ralph Ellison has been a controversial figure, both lionized and vilified, since he seemed to burst onto the national literary scene in 1952 with the publication of Invisible Man. In this volume Steven C. Tracy has gathered a broad range of critics who look not only at Ellison's seminal novel but also at the fiction and nonfiction work that both preceded and followed it, focusing on important historical and cultural influences that help contextualize...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195152514
• ISBN13: 9780195152517
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.3"