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Sites about Invisible Man
Critical sites about Invisible Man
- Irving Howe, “Black Boys and Native Sons”
- http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/howe-blackboys.html
- A comparison of Invisible Man (by Ralph Ellison), Native Son (by Richard Wright) and James Baldwin’s Go Tell it on the Mountain, along with other black novel references
- Author: Irving Howe
- From: First published in DISSENT (Autumn 1963)
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- Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man
- http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/ellison-main.html
- This site contains many reviews of Ralph Ellison’s novel Invisible Man including those by John Corry, Irving Howe, and Saul Bellow.
- Contains: Review
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Other (non-critical) sites about Invisible Man
- Books of the Times: Invisible Man
- http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/06/20/specials/ellison-invisible2.html
- This reviewer argues that the novel “is tough, brutal and sensational. It is uneven in quality. But it blazes with authentic talent. “
- Contains: Review
- Author: Orville Prescott
- From: New York Times April 16, 1952
- Author: Orville Prescott
- From: New York Times April 16, 1952
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- Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man
- http://www.fcps.edu/westspringfieldhs/projects/im98/im98.htm
- This page hosts three different student sites on the novel. Each contains some historical background on the novel’s time period, information on the author, chapter summaries, and discussions of themes, among other things. Created by students at West Springfield High School.
- Contains: Plot Summary, Character Analysis, Historical Context, Bibliography,
- Author: Susan Latour and students
- Author: Susan Latour and students
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- Reading Group Guide: Invisible Man
- http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=0-679-73276-4&view=rg
- Discussion questions for the work.
- Contains: Content Analysis
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- A Tale From Underground
- http://www.nytimes.com/library/books/072098ellison-invisible.html
- This review of Invisible Man notes that it “is a resolutely honest, tormented, profoundly American book. “
- Contains: Review
- Author: Wright Morris
- From: New York Times April 13, 1952
- Author: Wright Morris
- From: New York Times April 13, 1952
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Last Updated Apr 29, 2013