内容简介
Compiled,edited,andnewlyrevisedbyRalphEllison’sliteraryexecutor,JohnF.Callahan,thisModernLibraryPaperbackClassicincludesposthumouslydiscoveredreviews,criticism,andinterviews,aswellastheessaycollectionsShadowandAct(1964),hailedbyRobertPennWarrenas“abodyofcogentandsubtlecommentaryonthequestionsthatfocusonrace,”andGoingtotheTerritory(1986),anexplorationofliteratureandfolklore,jazzandculture,andthenatureandqualityoflivesthatblackAmericanslead.“RalphEllison,”wroteStanleyCrouch,“reachedacrossrace,religion,classandsextomakeusallAmericans.”,
作者简介
JohnF.CallahanisMorganS.OdellProfessorofHumanitiesatLewisandClarkCollege.HeeditedRalphEllison’sJuneteenthandco-edited,withAlbertMurray,theModernLibraryeditionofTradingTwelves.SaulBellow,winneroftheNobelPrizeinliterature,haswrittenthirteennovelsandnumerousnovellas,stories,andessays.