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Sites about Invisible Man

by Ralph Ellison

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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