Global Ralph Ellison Aesthetics and Politics Beyond US Borders

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In Global Ralph Ellison: Aesthetics and Politics Beyond US Borders,
editors Tessa Roynon and Marc Conner assemble eight penetrating essays that demand a reassessment of the vaunted «Americanness» too often used to circumscribe Ellison’s work. By weaving rich archival material together with fresh analytical approaches, these essays reveal the underappreciated international influences on Ellison’s intellectual and artistic formation as well as the incredible reception
Invisible Man
has enjoyed across the globe. A treasure trove for Ellison readers and researchers alike,
Global Ralph Ellison
provides an intriguing new lens for studying, appreciating, and wrestling with Ellison’s work and ideas.»
(Lena M. Hill, Washington and Lee University)

TESSA ROYNON is in her final year as a Senior Research Fellow at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford. She also works as founding Librarian at The Swan School, Oxford. Internationally renowned for her work on Toni Morrison, she has also published widely on and taught numerous other American novelists including Willa Cather, Ralph Ellison, Jeffrey Eugenides, William Faulkner and Marilynne Robinson. Her most recent book is The Classical Tradition in Modern American Fiction (2021).MARC C. CONNER is the President of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. His books include The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison (edited with John Callahan, 2019), which was selected as a New York Times «notable book» for 2020. He has published and lectured widely on Ralph Ellison, Charles Johnson, James Joyce, Toni Morrison, and Irish fiction and drama on screen. He serves as founding member and secretary/treasurer of The Ralph Ellison Society.