Escaping the ghost of Harold Cruse. Theorizing the Black intellectual conundrum -- A celebrated artist and visible man. The biographical background. Emerging within and without the left -- Reconceptualizing the Afro-American condition. The emergence of a blues ontology -- The responsibilities of the Black writer -- Heroism: an artistic antidote to racism
Summary
Explores the writings of novelist and essayist Ralph Ellison as the basis of an examination of the struggles faced by African-American artists and thinkers to create spaces for themselves as intellectuals in modern American society
Analysis
English literature
United States
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-154) and index
Notes
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