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Jackson, Lawrence
by Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
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New York. 2002. Wiley. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0471354147. 498 pages. hardcover. Jacket Design: Susan Olinsky. Jacket Photograph: (c) Gordon Parks (1952). keywords: Biography Black Literature America Ralph Ellison. FROM THE PUBLISHER - Author, intellectual, and social critic, Ralph Ellison (1914-1994) was a pivotal figure in American literature and history and arguably the father of African American modernism. Universally acclaimed for his first novel, Invisible Man, a masterpiece of modern fiction, and, more recently, for JUNETEENTH, Ellison was recognized with a stunning succession of honors, including the 1953 National Book Award. Yet, despite rich literary accomplishment and important friendships, political activism, and historical impact, Ellison's life has never been the subject of a biography. He has received surprisingly sparse treatment by biographers of other leading American literary figures, historians, and social critics. Here, for the first time, is a thoroughly researched biography that tells the coming-of-age story of one of the most gifted and influential writers of our time. Powerfully enhanced by rare photographs of Ellison, this long-deserved examination draws from archives, literary correspondence, and interviews with Ellison's relatives, friends, and associates. Tracing his path from poverty in Dustbowl Oklahoma to his rise among the literary elite, Lawrence Jackson explores the author's relationships with other stars, particularly Langston Hughes and Richard Wright, and examines his never-before-documented involvement in the Socialist Left of the 1930s and 40s, the black radical rights movement of the same period, and the League of American Writers. The result is a fascinating portrait of a fraternal cadre of important black writers and critics - and the singularly complex and intriguing man at its center. The critical success of INVISIBLE MAN would bring a flood of honors: the 1955 Prix de Rome from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Medal of Freedom, bestowed by Richard Nixon in 1969, an honorary doctorate from Harvard in 1974, and election to both the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. inventory #31868 ISBN: 0471354147.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Jackson, Lawrence
- Author
- Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0471354147
- ISBN 13
- 9780471354147
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 2002
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