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  • Chapter 10 - Visualizing Black Identity in Ellison’s Fiction

  • from Part II - Historical, Political, and Cultural Contexts
  • Edited by Paul Devlin, United States Merchant Marine Academy, New York
  • Book: Ralph Ellison in Context
  • Published online: 14 January 2022
  • Print publication: 02 December 2021, pp 117-126

  • Summary

    This chapter examines Ellison’s interest in visual art from his college days at Tuskegee Institute to the end of his career. By tracing Ellison’s evolving interest in visual media ranging from sculpture to painting to photography, I demonstrate his consistent attention to visual art. Most importantly, I consider how Ellison’s attention to the world of the visual influences his narrative technique. From his early experiments with short stories and novellas to his work on Invisible Man, essays, and Three Days Before the Shooting. . ., Ellison’s engagement with visual art reflects his sophisticated experimentation with presenting black identity.

  • Introduction: The Trope of the Picture Book

  • Lena Hill, University of Iowa
  • Book: Visualizing Blackness and the Creation of the African American Literary Tradition
  • Published online: 05 February 2014
  • Print publication: 17 February 2014, pp 1-20
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