Ralph Ellison and the Raft of Hope: A Political Companion to Invisible Man

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
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 03/01/2004
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.14h x 6.34w x 0.76d
ISBN: 9780813191621

About the Author
Morel, Lucas E.: - Lucas E. Morel, the Class of 1960 Professor of Ethics and Politics at Washington and Lee University, is the author of Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-Government.

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