Ralph Ellison and the Raft of Hope: A Political Companion to Invisible Man (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813191621)

An important new collection of original essays that examine how Ellison's landmark novel, Invisible Man (1952), addresses the social, cultural, political, economic, and racial contradictions of America. Commenting on the significance of Mark Twain's writings, Ralph Ellison wrote that "a novel could be fashioned as a raft of hope, perception and entertainment that might help keep us afloat as we tried to negotiate the snags and whirlpools that mark our nation's vacillating course toward and away

Author: Lucas E. Morel
ISBN-10: 0813191629
ISBN-13: 9780813191621
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2004
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.14h x 6.34w x 0.76d