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a nod to Ralph Ellison’s only novel Invisible Man, about a black man rendered invisible by the expectations imposed on him. The reason for Everett’s title, Erasure, thus becomes clear.
Ellison (1913-1994) is widely regarded as one of the foremost figures in American literature. His seminal novel, Invisible Man (1952), is hailed as a breakthrough representation of the American ...
His 2016 senior thesis focused on spatial practices of race in Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. Throughout his time at Northwestern, Abdullah pursued various forms of political, social and scholarly ...