The Cambridge Companion to Ralph Ellison

The Cambridge Companion to Ralph Ellison
Author: Ross Posnock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2005-05-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1139827103

Ralph Ellison's classic 1952 novel Invisible Man is one of the most important and controversial novels in the American canon and remains widely read and studied. This Companion provides an introduction to this influential and significant novelist and critic and to his masterpiece. It features essays by leading scholars, a chronology and a guide to further reading. The essays reveal alternative dimensions of Ellison's art radiating out from Invisible Man into other domains - technology, political theory, law, photography, music, religion - and recover the compelling urgency and relevance of Ellison's political and artistic vision. Since Ellison's death his published oeuvre has been expanded by several major volumes - his collected essays, the fragment of a novel, Juneteenth (1999), letters and short stories - examined here in the context of his life and work. Students and scholars of Ellison and of American and African-American literature will find this an invaluable and accessible guide.

The Cambridge Companion to Ralph Ellison

The Cambridge Companion to Ralph Ellison
Author: Ross Posnock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2005-05-05
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780521827812

A comprehensive introduction to novelist and critic Ralph Ellison and his masterpiece Invisible Man.

The Cambridge Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Cambridge Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson
Author: Joel Porte
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1999-04-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1139825372

The Cambridge Companion to Ralph Waldo Emerson provides a critical introduction to pastor and poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson, author of Nature and The Conduct of Life. The tradition of American literature and philosophy as we know it at the end of the twentieth century was largely shaped by Emerson's example and practice. This volume offers students, scholars, and the general reader a collection of fresh interpretations of Emerson's writing, milieu, influence, and cultural significance. All essays are newly commissioned for this volume, written at an accessible yet challenging level, and augmented by a comprehensive chronology and bibliography.

The Cambridge Companion to American Novelists

The Cambridge Companion to American Novelists
Author: Timothy Parrish
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2013
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107013135

This volume provides newly commissioned essays from leading scholars and critics on the social and cultural history of the novel in America. It explores the work of the most influential American novelists of the past 200 years, including Melville, Twain, James, Wharton, Cather, Faulkner, Ellison, Pynchon, and Morrison.

The Cambridge Companion to American Fiction After 1945

The Cambridge Companion to American Fiction After 1945
Author: John N. Duvall
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2012
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0521196310

A comprehensive 2011 guide to the genres, historical contexts, cultural diversity and major authors of American fiction since the Second World War.

The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature

The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature
Author: Eva-Marie Kröller
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2017-06-08
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1107159628

A fully revised second edition of this multi-author account of Canadian literature, from Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood.

The Cambridge Companion to the African American Novel

The Cambridge Companion to the African American Novel
Author: Maryemma Graham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2004-04-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1139826840

The Cambridge Companion to the African American Novel presents new essays covering the one hundred and fifty year history of the African American novel. Experts in the field from the US and Europe address some of the major issues in the genre: passing, the Protest novel, the Blues novel, and womanism among others. The essays are full of fresh insights for students into the symbolic, aesthetic, and political function of canonical and non-canonical fiction. Chapters examine works by Ralph Ellison, Leon Forrest, Toni Morrison, Ishmael Reed, Alice Walker, John Edgar Wideman, and many others. They reflect a range of critical methods intended to prompt new and experienced readers to consider the African American novel as a cultural and literary act of extraordinary significance. This volume, including a chronology and guide to further reading, is an important resource for students and teachers alike.

The Cambridge Companion to Richard Wright

The Cambridge Companion to Richard Wright
Author: Glenda Carpio
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2019-03-21
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1108475175

Shows Wright's art was intrinsic to his politics, grounding his exploration of the intersections between race, gender, and class.