Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Note on the Text xi
5. Introduction: Reading Forward to Invisible Man 1
6. Part I
7. 1. Forming a Politics 27
8. 2. Developing an Aesthetic 69
9. 3. Writing from the Left 109
10. Part II
11. 4. Living Jim Crow 153
12. 5. Becoming Proletarian 187
13. 6. Finding Brotherhood 237
14. 7. Recognizing Necessity 281
15. 8. Beginning and Ending 325
16. Notes 351
17. Selected Bibliography 429
18. Index 433