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 8 - Postwar New York City
from Part I - Geographical, Institutional, and Interpersonal 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
- 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
Ellison spent more time in New York City than in any other place. The half-century Ellison lived in post-World War II New York coincided not only with the city’s ascendance to the global center of arts, letters, and finance, but also with the transformation of the U.S. into a global hegemon. By the 1970s Ellison had become an important figure in several of the city’s institutions. As one of the nation’s foremost writers, and a resident of Harlem, Ellison’s life in New York highlights the artistic center and the cultural margins of the city.
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- Ralph Ellison in Context , pp. 91 - 100Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021