Juneteenth by Ralph Ellison (Influences from Faulkner, Joyce, Modernist Masterpiece)

A discussion with multiple readings from the posthumous novel by Ralph Ellison, edited and arranged by John Callahan.

0:00 Introduction and Summary
4:09 Ellison’s Prose
7:12 Antiphony
10:28 Language of Revival
14:29 Language, Race, Tragedy
18:26 Recommended if you like

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Minor Notes
American Sermons anthology from Library of America

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