Includes bibliographical references and index.

About This Volume -- Robert C. Evans ; On Invisible Man: Blue Notes, from Segregation to Black Lives Matter -- Patrice Rankine ; Biography of Ralph Ellison -- Kelley Jeans / CRITICAL CONTEXTS: Efforts to Ban Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man -- Phill Johnson ; About Invisible Man: Critical Responses from the Fifties through the Sixties -- Robert C. Evans ; Invisible Man: Sensation and Making Sense -- Nicolas Tredell ; Biblical Riffs in and on Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man -- Steven D. Ealy / CRITICAL READINGS: Ralph Ellison: A Biography -- Arnold Rampersad ; Invisible Man: Critical Responses from the Seventies through the Early Twenty-First Century -- Robert C. Evans ; Ralph Ellison on the Craft of Good Writing -- Antonio Byrd ; Ralph Ellison on Invisible Man: Early Interviews -- Robert C. Evans ; Invisible Man: Anger, Action, and Art -- Nicolas Tredell ; Race and Individualism in Ralph Ellison's Writings -- Lucas E. Morel ; The Political Implications of Ralph Ellison's Writings -- Lucas E. Morel ; Invisible Man and the Mysteries of Reconstruction -- Grant Shreve ; Invisible Man the Play: The Oren Jacoby Stage Adaptation -- Bryan Warren ; Ralph Ellison: An American Journey-A Survey of Reviews (and a Guide to Other Films) -- Bryan Warren ; On Invisible Man: Past, Present, and Present-Past -- Michael Germana / RESOURCES: Appendix: Early Materials on Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man ; Chronology ; Works by Ralph Ellison ; Bibliography ; About the Editor ; Contributors ; Index.