ラルフ・エリソンと小説の政治学 Ralph Ellison and the Politics of the Novel

Rice, William H.

Lexington Books（2007/03発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 162 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780739123232
• DDC分類 813.54

基本説明

Reads both Invisible Man and the posthumously published Juneteenth as novels that focus on the political uses of language.

Full Description

In this engaging study, H. William Rice illuminates the mystery that is Ralph Ellison: the author of one complex, important novel who failed to complete his second; a black intellectual who remained notably reticent on political issues during the desegregation of his native South. Rice reads both Invisible Man and the posthumously published Juneteenth as novels that focus on the political uses of language. He explores Ellison's concept of the novel, promulgated in that author's two collections of essays, as an inherently political form of art. And he carefully considers the political context that undoubtedly impacted Ellison's work and thought: a world and a time rocked to its foundation by such revolutionary actors as Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X. Rice guides his reader to a greater understanding of Ralph Ellison, his oeuvre, and the American novel.

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The Invisible Man in Invisible Man
Chapter 3 The Magic and the Mystery of Words
Chapter 4 A Socially Responsible Role for an Invisible Man
Chapter 5 Outside History
Chapter 6 Juneteenth: The Coon Cage Eight and the Jo Cah
Chapter 7 Conclusions