Approaches to Teaching Ellison's Invisible Man

by Susan Resneck Parr (Editor), Pancho Savery (Editor), James E. Walton (Contributor)

This volume provides educators with diverse teaching methods for Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. It features a "Materials" section covering relevant background studies (e.g., American Communism, psychology, history) and an "Approaches" section with strategies for addressing the novel's complex themes and style.

154 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

Reviews

[jacky]

I read the section titled "Not like an arrow, but a boomerang: Ellison's Existential Blues" for a paper on Invisible Man for my American Ethnic Literature course in college. I might have browsed other sections as well, but only this one is referenced in my paper.

[Valerie]

Extremely helpful! I find teaching Invisible Man to be very challenging. This book really helped me focus. I also ordered The Great Gatsby one and it looks promising as well.