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Ralph Ellison
(1914-1994)
African-American writer. Known primarily for his novel Invisible Man (1952).
Author's life and works
Ralph (Waldo) Ellison from Literature
Resource Center
Norton Explorations Includes links
The Paris Review Interview
Invisible Man
“A Twentieth-Century Masterpiece: Invisible Man” from Twayne's United States Authors
Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man from Al Filreis's Literature and Culture of the American 1950s (University of Pennsylvania).
“Ralph Ellison and the Metaphor of Invisibility in Black Literary Tradition.” by Todd Lieber, American Quarterly, 1972
"Plunging (Outside of) History: Naming and Self-Possession in Invisible Man." By Jim Neighbors, from African American Review, 2002(Possibly difficult)
“Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man and Female Stereotypes.” By Carolyn W. Sylvander, Negro American Literature Forum, 1975.
Links
Al Filreis's Ralph Ellison page from Literature and Culture of the American 1950s site at the University of Pennsylvania.
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