Cultural Contexts for Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man A Bedford Documentary Companion |
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Author:
| Sundquist, Eric J. |
Series title: | A Bedford Documentary Companion Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-312-10081-0 |
Publication Date: | Feb 1995 |
Publisher: | Bedford/Saint Martin's
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $12.00USD $14.99 |
Book Description:
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The collection of primary documents in this volume recapitulates the course of African American life during the first half of the 20th century, while it provides a context for reading an important literary work. Keyed to events in the novel, the documents include selections by African American leaders (Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du bois, and Marcus Garvey); selections by leading African American writers (Langston Hughes and Richard Wright); songs, folktales, and other examples of...
More DescriptionThe collection of primary documents in this volume recapitulates the course of African American life during the first half of the 20th century, while it provides a context for reading an important literary work. Keyed to events in the novel, the documents include selections by African American leaders (Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du bois, and Marcus Garvey); selections by leading African American writers (Langston Hughes and Richard Wright); songs, folktales, and other examples of black vernacular culture; and readings on African American migration, black labour in the industrial North, the role of communism in African American politics, and the end of legal segregation in the United States.