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Summary:

"An autobiography through the previously unpublished letters of the renowned author of Invisible Man, with insights into the riddle of American identity, the writer's craft, and his own life and work. Over six decades (1933 to 1993), Ralph Ellison's extensive and revealing correspondence remarkably details his aspirations and anxieties, confidence and uncertainties throughout his personal and professional life. From early notes to his mother, as an impoverished college student; to debates with the most distinguished American writers and thinkers of his time, including Romare Bearden, Saul Bellow, Robert Penn Warren, Richard Wright, and Alfred Kazin, among others; to exchanges with friends and family from his hometown of Oklahoma City, whose influence would always be paramount, these letters communicate the immense importance of Ellison's life and work. They show his metamorphosis from an impressionable youth into a cultured man of the world, from an aspiring composer into a distinguished novelist, and ultimately into a man who confronted America's many complexities through his words"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• General introduction
• Letters from the thirties
• Letters from the forties
• Letters from the fifties
• Letters from the sixties
• Letters from the seventies
• Letters from the eighties and nineties.

Author/Creator:

Ellison, Ralph , author

Contributors:

Callahan, John F., 1940- , editor

Conner, Marc C., 1965- , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The selected letters of Ralph Ellison [by Ellison, R.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Selected letters of Ralph Ellison [by Ellison, R.] (First edition; New York : Random House, [2019] — ISBN 9780812998528; LCCN 2018020868; OCLC Number 1033550732)

Subjects:

Ellison, Ralph — Correspondence

Novelists, American — 20th century — Correspondence

African American authors — Correspondence

Ellison, Ralph

1900-1999

African American authors

Novelists, American

Genres:

Personal correspondence

Correspondence

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1061 pages) : illustrations

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

PS3555.L625 Z48 2019eb

ISBNs:

9780812998535 (electronic bk.)
0812998537 (electronic bk.)
9780812998528 [Invalid]
0812998529 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1129443078