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03393cam a2200433 a 4500 001 D49465F082A611DE820800E8A7D7520A 003 SILO 005 20090806125532 008 060811s2007 nyuaf b 001 0beng 010 $a 2006026464 020 $a 9780375408274 (alk. paper) 020 $a 0375408274 (alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d C#P $d BUR $d VP@ $d GZT $d MUQ $d TBS $d NOR $d LMR $d FMO $d IMV $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PS3555.L625 $b Z8725 2007 082 00 $a 818/.5409 $2 22 082 14 $a B $2 22 100 1 $a Rampersad, Arnold. 245 1 $a Ralph Ellison : $b a biography / $c Arnold Rampersad. 250 $a 1st ed. 260 $a New York : $b Alfred A. Knopf, $c 2007. 300 $a 657 p., [24] p. of plates : $b ill. ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [569]-624) and index. 520 $a The definitive biography of an important American cultural intellectual of the twentieth century--Ralph Ellison, author of the masterpiece Invisible Man. In 1953, Ellison's explosive story of a young black man's search for truth and identity catapulted him to national prominence. Ellison earned many honors, but his failure to publish a second novel, despite years of striving, haunted him for the rest of his life. Rampersad, the first scholar given complete access to Ellison's papers, provides a complex portrait of an unusual artist and human being. This biography describes a man of magnetic personality who counted Saul Bellow, Langston Hughes, Robert Penn Warren, Richard Wright, Richard Wilbur, Albert Murray, and John Cheever among his closest friends; a man whose life and art were shaped mainly by his unyielding desire to produce magnificent art and by his resilient faith in the moral and cultural strength of America.--From publisher description. 505 00 $g 21. $t Index. $g 2. $t Leaving the territory -- $g 3. $t In a land most strange -- $g 4. A $t shock of transition -- $g 5. The $t recognition of necessity -- $g 6. The $t numbed and the seething -- $g 7. A $t mighty book, a mighty theme -- $g 8. The $t agon of writing -- $g 9. $t In the home stretch -- $g 10. $t Finish line -- $g 11. $t Annus mirabilis -- $g 12. $t Second act -- $g 13. $t Adventure in Rome -- $g 14. The $t pleasures of home -- $g 15. $t Hanging fire -- $g 16. $t Tell it like it is, baby -- $g 17. A $t "lone-star" Negro -- $g 18. $t Professor in the humanities -- $g 19. The $t monkey on his back -- $g 20. The $t uncanny penetration of the past -- $g 21. $t Flying home -- $t Books by Ralph Ellison -- $t Notes -- $t Acknowledgments -- $t Index. 600 10 $a Ellison, Ralph. 650 0 $a Novelists, American $y 20th century $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American novelists $v Biography. 600 16 $a Ellison, Ralph. 650 6 $a Romanciers ameÌricains $y 20e sieÌcle $v Biographies. 650 6 $a Romanciers noirs ameÌricains $v Biographies. 856 41 $3 Table of contents only $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0619/2006026464.html 856 41 $3 Sample text $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0735/2006026464-s.html 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0735/2006026464-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0735/2006026464-d.html 941 $a 1 952 $l O3AX572 $d 20090806133731.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D49465F082A611DE820800E8A7D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IMVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search