The Rhetoric of Anticommunism in 'Invisible Man.'
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| Title: | The Rhetoric of Anticommunism in 'Invisible Man.' |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Foley, Barbara |
| Source: | College English. Sep 1997 59(5):530-547. |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 18 |
| Publication Date: | 1997 |
| Document Type: | Historical Materials Journal Articles Reports - Evaluative |
| Descriptors: | Authors, Communism, Ideology, Literary Devices, Novels, Political Attitudes |
| ISSN: | 0010-0994 |
| Abstract: | Examines the workings of an insistent political logic in Ralph Ellison's novel. Traces the novelistic operations, specifically the uses of symbolism, that allow Ellison to substitute rhetoric for reference, myth for history. Tests out some of the generalizing claims about Communism this technique enables Ellison to make. Argues that he chose highly anomalous details to practice typification. (PA) |
| Entry Date: | 1998 |
| Accession Number: | EJ551787 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Examines the workings of an insistent political logic in Ralph Ellison's novel. Traces the novelistic operations, specifically the uses of symbolism, that allow Ellison to substitute rhetoric for reference, myth for history. Tests out some of the generalizing claims about Communism this technique enables Ellison to make. Argues that he chose highly anomalous details to practice typification. (PA) |
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| ISSN: | 0010-0994 |
