The Ralph Ellison Page

( 1914-1994 )

Major Works
Invisible Man ( 1952 ). Reprinted in Modern Library, 1994, with a preface by Charles Johnson.
Shadow and Act ( 1964 ).
Going to the Territory ( 1986 ).
The Collected Essays of Ralph Ellison. Edited by John Callahan, preface by Saul Bellow. Random House, 1995. Contains Shadow and Act and Going to the Territory, as well as other, newly-discovered, works.
Flying Home and Other Stories. Edited by John F. Callahan. Random House, 1996.

About Ellison
Mark Busby, Ralph Ellison. Twayne, 1991.
Henry L. Gates, Ralph Ellison: Critical Perspectives Past and Present. Amistad, 1997.
RE: From Leftist Reviews to Modernist Interiority
John Corry's White View of RE
Irving Howe's Review of Invisible Man
Saul Bellow's Review of Invisible Man
RE's Invisible Man. Links to reviews, including those listed above.
PAL: RE
Ralph Ellison ( 1914-1994 ). Links.
Ellison Criticism from Internet Public Library.

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