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The selected letters of Ralph Ellison
- Title
- The selected letters of Ralph Ellison / edited by John F. Callahan and Marc C. Conner ; with introductory essays by John F. Callahan.
- Author
- Ellison, Ralph
- Publication
- New York : Random House, [2019]
- ©2019
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Book/text | Use in library | Sc E 20-377 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Book/text | Use in library | JFE 20-2241 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Personal correspondence.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Call Number
- Sc E 20-377
- ISBN
- 9780812998528
- 0812998529
- LCCN
- 2018020868
- OCLC
- 1128094253
- Author
- Ellison, Ralph, author.
- Title
- The selected letters of Ralph Ellison / edited by John F. Callahan and Marc C. Conner ; with introductory essays by John F. Callahan.
- Publisher
- New York : Random House, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Edition
- First edition.
- Description
- 1,060 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- 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- "An autobiography through the previously unpublished letters of the renowned author of Invisible Man, with insights into the riddle of American identity, the writer's craft, and his own life and work.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.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Callahan, John F., 1940- editor.Conner, Marc C., 1965- editor.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 20-377JFE 20-2241