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Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius Hardcover - 2002

by Lawrence Jackson


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AUTHOR. INTELLECTUAL. SOCIAL CRITIC. ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WRITERS OF ALL TIME.
RALPH ELLISON.

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Ralph Ellison
Emergence of Genius

"Dr. Lawrence Jackson's remarkable biography of Ralph Ellison is an essential contribution to the scholarship on one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Painstakingly researched and exhaustive, this compelling portrait of Ellison clarifies his genius--and his intellectual era--for a new century."--Charles Johnson, National Book Award Winner and author of Middle Passage

"Lawrence Jackson's absorbing biography of Ralph Ellison makes a vital contribution to American literary history."--Ross Posnock, English Department, New York University, Author of Color and Culture: Black Writers and the Making of the Modern Intellectual

"Professor Lawrence Jackson's painstaking documentation of Ralph Ellison's early life and the beginning of his literary career provides a much needed resource for Ellison's readers and critics."--Horace Porter, author of Jazz Country: Ralph Ellison in America and Director of African Studies at the University of Iowa

"An eloquently written and exquisitely researched biography. There is nothing quite like it. Jackson breathes life into those hidden nooks and crannies of Ellison's youth that would later become cannon fodder for the grown Ellison's explorations. An utterly groundbreaking biography, the idea of Ralph Ellison will never be the same."--Jerry Watts, author of Heroism and the Black Intellectual: Ralph Ellison, Politics, and Afro-American Intellectual Life

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  • Title Ralph Ellison: Emergence of Genius
  • Author Lawrence Jackson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 498
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher John Wiley & Sons, New York
  • Date 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780471354147 / 0471354147
  • Weight 1.94 lbs (0.88 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.6 x 6.58 x 1.51 in (24.38 x 16.71 x 3.84 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Novelists, American - 20th century, African American novelists
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001022367
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

LAWRENCE JACKSON is Assistant Professor of English at Howard University, where he specializes in African American literature and criticism. He was awarded a Ford Foundation Fellowship and was Resident Fellow at Harvard's W. E. B. Du Bois Institute while completing this book. Jackson holds a Ph.D. in English and American literature from Stanford University, and an M.A. in English from Ohio State University. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.
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