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
- Chapter 1 Oklahoma City and “the Territory”
- Chapter 2 Ghosts of Tuskegee
- Chapter 3 Morteza Drexel Sprague
- Chapter 4 New York City, 1936–1946
- Chapter 5 The United States Merchant Marine
- Chapter 6 Fanny Ellison
- Chapter 7 Rome, 1955–1957
- Chapter 8 Postwar New York City
- Chapter 9 Albert Murray after 1962
- Part II Historical, Political, and Cultural Contexts
- Part III Literary and Critical Contexts
- Part IV Reception and Reputation
- Index
Chapter 6 - Fanny Ellison
from Part I - Geographical, Institutional, and Interpersonal Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 January 2022
- Ralph Ellison in Context
- Ralph Ellison in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Notes on Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Geographical, Institutional, and Interpersonal Contexts
- Chapter 1 Oklahoma City and “the Territory”
- Chapter 2 Ghosts of Tuskegee
- Chapter 3 Morteza Drexel Sprague
- Chapter 4 New York City, 1936–1946
- Chapter 5 The United States Merchant Marine
- Chapter 6 Fanny Ellison
- Chapter 7 Rome, 1955–1957
- Chapter 8 Postwar New York City
- Chapter 9 Albert Murray after 1962
- Part II Historical, Political, and Cultural Contexts
- Part III Literary and Critical Contexts
- Part IV Reception and Reputation
- Index
Summary
Fanny McConnell Ellison’s influence threads throughout key literary and political milieus of twentieth century America. Educated at Fisk University and the University of Iowa, she was a columnist and writer for The Chicago Defender, founder of The Negro People’s Theater in Chicago, and political and Civil Rights activist before meeting Ralph Ellison, whom she later married, in 1946. Her income materially supported the couple while Ralph wrote Invisible Man, which Fanny (among others) helped edit. Her editorial advice on Ralph’s manuscripts as well as her care for his papers after his death substantially influenced his literary legacy.
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- Ralph Ellison in Context , pp. 71 - 80Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021