Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius

US: Wiley, 2002. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. AUTHOR. INTELLECTUAL. SOCIAL CRITIC. ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WRITERS OF ALL TIME. RALPH ELLISON. Praise for Ralph Ellison Emergence of Genius "Dr. Lawrence Jackson?s remarkable biography of Ralph Ellison is an essenti al contribution to the scholarship on one of the twentieth century?s greate st writers. Painstakingly researched and exhaustive, this compelling portra it of Ellison clarifies his genius??and his intellectual era??for a new cen tury."??Charles Johnson, National Book Award Winner and author of Middle Pa ssage "Lawrence Jackson?s absorbing biography of Ralph Ellison makes a vital cont ribution to American literary history."??Ross Posnock, English Department, New York University, Author of Color and Culture: Black Writers and the Mak ing of the Modern Intellectual "Professor Lawrence Jackson?s painstaking documentation of Ralph Ellison?s early life and the beginning of his literary career provides a much needed resource for Ellison?s readers and critics."??Horace Porter, author of Jazz Country: Ralph Ellison in America and Director of African Studies at the U niversity of Iowa "An eloquently written and exquisitely researched biography. There is nothing quite like it. Jackson breathes life into those hidden nooks and crannies of Ellison?s youth that would later become cannon fodder for the grown Ellison?s explorations. An utterly groundbreaking biography, the idea of Ralph Ellison will never be the same."??Jerry Watts, author of Heroism and the Black Intellectual: Ra.