Schor traces the development of Ralph Ellison's fiction from the
earliest experiments to the major accomplishment of his novel
Invisible Man, the mature prose of the Hickman stories and other
published portions of his novel-in-progress. The study considers
the two-fold obligation Ellison felt in committing himself to
literature: to contribute at once to the growth of literature and
also to the shaping of the culture as he would like it to be. His
stories, read sequentially, reflect his struggle to encompass this
aim in his writing. In describing that fragment of American
experience he knew best, he learned to use the rich resources of
his African-American heritage; from his passionate involvement with
his craft came the discovery that, in literature, values turn in
their own way, not in the service of politics or ideology. The
early stories mark Ellison's "mazelike" route that developed the
skill, talent, and imagination and personal vision needed to
transform experience into art. The novel demonstrates the flowering
of his talent, and the Hickman stories add a fine patina. In her
discussion of Ellison's work, Professor Schor uses his essays and
interviews as well as the insights of other critics to comment
directly on his fiction. The study concludes with a bibliography of
Ellison's fiction and nonfiction and a selective bibliography of
criticism and related sources.
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