Ralph Ellison and the raft of hope : a political companion to Invisible man /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Morel, Lucas E., 1964-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2004.
Subjects:	Ellison, Ralph. > Invisible man. Ellison, Ralph > Political and social views. Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century. Political fiction, American > History and criticism. African American men in literature. African Americans in literature.

Table of 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.