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
- Part II Historical, Political, and Cultural Contexts
- Part III Literary and Critical Contexts
- Chapter 20 The Harlem Renaissance
- Chapter 21 Ellison’s Early Writings
- Chapter 22 The Wright School
- Chapter 23 Literary Modernism
- Chapter 24 Beyond Raglan’s Hero: Ellison’s Ritualist Influences
- Chapter 25 Sociology
- Chapter 26 The Soapbox Speech in Ellison’s Fiction
- Chapter 27 Postwar Literary Aesthetics
- Chapter 28 Ellison as Correspondent
- Part IV Reception and Reputation
- Index
Chapter 26 - The Soapbox Speech in Ellison’s Fiction
from Part III - Literary and Critical 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
- Part II Historical, Political, and Cultural Contexts
- Part III Literary and Critical Contexts
- Chapter 20 The Harlem Renaissance
- Chapter 21 Ellison’s Early Writings
- Chapter 22 The Wright School
- Chapter 23 Literary Modernism
- Chapter 24 Beyond Raglan’s Hero: Ellison’s Ritualist Influences
- Chapter 25 Sociology
- Chapter 26 The Soapbox Speech in Ellison’s Fiction
- Chapter 27 Postwar Literary Aesthetics
- Chapter 28 Ellison as Correspondent
- Part IV Reception and Reputation
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines the oratorical tradition of the soapbox speech in Ellison's fiction and describes the similarities between prominent New York orators of the early twentieth century and aspects of the protagonist of Invisible Man.
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- Ralph Ellison in Context , pp. 280 - 289Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021