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Striking Back at the New Overseer: Response to White Panopticism in the Works of Richard Wright, Ann Petry, and Ralph Ellison

Date

2013-07-16

Author

Henderson, Mark

Type of Degree

dissertation

Department

English

Abstract

This is an examination of the literary treatment and depiction of white panopticism in the representative works of Richard Wright, Ann Petry, and Ralph Ellison.