Ralph Ellison and the politics of melancholia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23205807 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Anlin Cheng, Anne Cheng (Columbia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Pages | 121-136 |
| Publication date | 2005-05-05 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO RALPH ELLISON; ED. BY ROSS POSNOCK. (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/ccol0521827817.007 |
| OpenAlex | W2480303748 |
| ISBN | 9780521535069 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In the Prologue to Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, the narrator explicates the novel's central metaphor by telling us that he is invisible because ''[white] people refuse to see [him].'' The narrator proceeds to illustrate this assertion with a story about a violent confrontation that took place between himself and a white man
Art · Art history · Assertion · Literature · Melancholia · Metaphor · Political science · Politics · Prologue · Psychoanalysis · Theology · White (mutation) · Chemistry · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Race, History, and American Society · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2005 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |