Book contents
- Ralph Ellison in Context
- Ralph Ellison in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Geographical, Institutional, and Interpersonal Contexts
- Part II Historical, Political, and Cultural Contexts
- Part III Literary and Critical Contexts
- Chapter 20 The Harlem Renaissance
- Chapter 21 Ellison’s Early Writings
- Chapter 22 The Wright School
- Chapter 23 Literary Modernism
- Chapter 24 Beyond Raglan’s Hero: Ellison’s Ritualist Influences
- Chapter 25 Sociology
- Chapter 26 The Soapbox Speech in Ellison’s Fiction
- Chapter 27 Postwar Literary Aesthetics
- Chapter 28 Ellison as Correspondent
- Part IV Reception and Reputation
- Index
Chapter 22 - The Wright School
from Part III - Literary and Critical Contexts
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Book contents
- Ralph Ellison in Context
- Ralph Ellison in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Geographical, Institutional, and Interpersonal Contexts
- Part II Historical, Political, and Cultural Contexts
- Part III Literary and Critical Contexts
- Chapter 20 The Harlem Renaissance
- Chapter 21 Ellison’s Early Writings
- Chapter 22 The Wright School
- Chapter 23 Literary Modernism
- Chapter 24 Beyond Raglan’s Hero: Ellison’s Ritualist Influences
- Chapter 25 Sociology
- Chapter 26 The Soapbox Speech in Ellison’s Fiction
- Chapter 27 Postwar Literary Aesthetics
- Chapter 28 Ellison as Correspondent
- Part IV Reception and Reputation
- Index
Summary
Shortly after the publication of Native Son, literary critics began to assume that Richard Wright was the head of a group of authors who emulated his literary style. Critics of the 1940s and 1950s included in this group, which they dubbed “The Blues School” or “The Wright School of Postwar Negro Fiction,” authors like Chester Himes, Ann Petry, and, prior to the publication of Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison. This chapter will throw a new perspective on the relationship between Ellison and Wright, by investigating how Ellison positioned himself vis-à-vis the critical claim that he was a member of “The Wright School.”
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- Ralph Ellison in Context , pp. 240 - 249Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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