Ralph Ellison in Context

Hardback

Main Details

Title Ralph Ellison in Context
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Paul Devlin
SeriesLiterature in Context
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:375
Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 157
Category/GenreLiterary studies - general
Literary studies - from c 1900 -
ISBN/Barcode 9781108488969
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises; Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 2 December 2021
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man is the second-most assigned American novel since 1945 and is one of the most enduring. It is studied by many thousands of high school and college students every year and has been since the 1950s. His landmark essays, with their blend of personal history and cultural theory, have been extraordinarily influential. Ralph Ellison in Context includes authoritative chapters summing up longstanding conversations, while offering groundbreaking essays on a variety of topics not yet covered in the copious critical and biographical literature. It provides fresh perspectives on some of the most important people and places in Ellison's life, and explores where his work and biography cross paths with some of the pressing topics of his time. It includes chapters on Ellison's literary influences and offers a definitive overview of his early writings. It also provides an overview of Ellison's reception and reputation from his death in 1994 through 2020.

Author Biography

Paul Devlin is Associate Professor of English at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and Book Review Editor of African American Review. With Henry Louis Gates, Jr., he is co-editor of the scholarly editions of Albert Murray's writings. He is also editor of Rifftide (2011) and Murray Talks Music (2016).