From the rear cover
The work of one of the most formidable figures in American intellectual life."
-- Washington Post Book World The seventeen essays collected in this volume prove that Ralph Ellison was not only one of America's most dazzlingly innovative novelists but perhaps also our most perceptive and iconoclastic commentator on matters of literature, culture, and race. In Going to the Territory, Ellison provides us with dramatically fresh readings of William Faulkner and Richard Wright, along with new perspectives on the music of Duke Ellington and the art of Romare Bearden. He analyzes the subversive quality of black laughter, the mythic underpinnings of his masterpiece Invisible Man, and the extent to which America's national identity rests on the contributions of African Americans. Erudite, humane, and resounding with humor and common sense, the result is essential Ellison.
From the jacket flap
The work of one of the most formidable figures in American intellectual life."
-- Washington Post Book World The seventeen essays collected in this volume prove that Ralph Ellison was not only one of America's most dazzlingly innovative novelists but perhaps also our most perceptive and iconoclastic commentator on matters of literature, culture, and race. In Going to the Territory, Ellison provides us with dramatically fresh readings of William Faulkner and Richard Wright, along with new perspectives on the music of Duke Ellington and the art of Romare Bearden. He analyzes the subversive quality of black laughter, the mythic underpinnings of his masterpiece Invisible Man, and the extent to which America's national identity rests on the contributions of African Americans. Erudite, humane, and resounding with humor and common sense, the result is essential Ellison.
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- Title Going to the Territory
- Author Ralph Ellison
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition; F
- Pages 352
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1995-03-14
- ISBN 9780679760016 / 0679760016
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.1 x 0.9 in (20.32 x 12.95 x 2.29 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Ellison, Ralph - Authorship
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95170081
- Dewey Decimal Code 818.540
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- Publishers Weekly, 02/20/1995, Page 0
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