The Invisible Man

by Ralph Ellison (1914-1994)

"''I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me." (from The Invisible Man, prologue)

We will watch the film "Ralph Ellison, an American Journey" and read The Invisible Man.

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 Random House maintains a Ralph Ellison web page.

A web site on teaching Invisible Man.