Ralph Ellison

by John Ed. Hersey

"A completion of personality": a talk with Ralph Ellison.--"The cost of being human": Warren, R.P. The unity of experience. Bellow, S. Man underground. Chisolm, L.W. Signifying everything. Howe, I. Black boys and native sons. Hyman, S.E. Ralph Ellison in our time.--"Creating the uncreated features of his face": McPherson, J.A. Indivisible man.--"Who knows but that I speak for you?": Neal, L. Ellison's zoot suit. Tanner, T. The music of invisibility. Bone, R. Ralph Ellison and the uses of the imagination. Schafer, W.J. Ralph Ellison and the birth of the anti-hero. Vogler, T.A. Invisible somebody's protest novel. Rovit, E.H. Ralph Ellison and the American comic tradition. Kent, G.E. Ralph Ellison and the Afro-American folk and cultural tradition. Bennett, S.B. and Nichols, W.W. Violence in Afro-American an hypothesis.--Bibliography (p. 179-180).

180 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1974