Sundquist (1995), professor of American Literature at John Hopkins University, “Ellison became the foremost literary chronicler of the cultural transformation of black New York in the first half of the 20 th century” (p. This gave Ellison first-hand experience and insight into the various elements of black American culture. One of Ellison’s research endeavors was employment as a writer and scholar for the Federal Writers Project under the Works Progress Administration enacted by President Franklin D. ![]() He writes with a perspective born from not only his heritage, but his research into the daily lives of black Americans. These voices demonstrate the breadth and depth of Ellison’s incorporation of accurate cultural detail into his novel. Odaniel writes that, “ perhaps the best balanced and most complete and comprehensive image of the American Negro that has yet been presented by any contemporary writer” (as cited in Reilly, 1970, p. Locke (1953) takes a bold stand by saying that, “ is in fact one of the best integrated accounts of interaction between whites and Negroes in American society that had yet been presented” (p. Irving Howe (1952), critic for the New York Times writes that Invisible Man is, “drenched in Negro life, talk, music.” Thomas Jarrett (1954), noteworthy English scholar, writes that the novel is, “skillfully enmeshed with an effective treatment of southern rural life, a phase of Negro college life and a pointed… view of life in Harlem” (p. Black American Culture as Witnessed in Invisible ManĮllison’s powerful use of accurate and detailed imagery depicting the many aspects of black American life and culture in Invisible Man are the hallmarks of its success and widespread acclaim.
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