Harris, Trudier, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 51. Gale Research.
51: 140
Ralph Ellison
Standard Name: Ellison, Ralph
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Intertextuality and Influence | Hannah Arendt | She had written the article for Commentary but withdrew it after a perplexed and hostile reaction from the editors. Its appearance touched off further controversy and attack. It was first printed with criticisms from which... |
| politics | Eudora Welty | Following the close of World War II came further political upheaval with the American South's civil rights movements. It was during this time that EW
's fiction began to turn more political and revolutionary as... |
| Textual Production | Zora Neale Hurston | The novel was badly received by Hurston's contemporaries: Locke
called it caricature instead of portraiture; Ralph Ellison
commented that for Negro fiction it did nothing. |
Timeline
April 1952: Ralph Ellison his novel The Invisible Man,...
Writing climate item
April 1952
Ralph Ellison
his novelThe Invisible Man, ranked as better than any other novel of its time
Greif, Mark. “Black and White Life”. London Review of Books, pp. 11-13.
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