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"A Book One Can with Complete Confidence Call Important": Albert Erskine, Ralph Ellison, and the Publishing of Invisible Man.
- Source :
- Journal of American Studies; Jul2022, Vol. 56 Issue 3, p483-511, 29p
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- In this article I examine the editing and publishing of Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man by Albert Erskine. Over the course of the piece, I deploy letters, drafts, and other material drawn from both Ellison's archive in the Library of Congress and Erskine's own archive at the University of Virginia to unpack how Erskine, as a white editor at a powerful international publishing house, conceived of his role in shepherding to market and marketing what he saw as a major literary work by an African American author. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- AFRICAN American authors
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00218758
- Volume :
- 56
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of American Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 157405350
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875821000864