SOURCE: "Ritual and Rationalization: Black Folklore in the Works of Ralph Ellison," in PMLA, Vol. 94, No. 1, January, 1979, pp. 121-36.
In the following essay, Blake illustrates how Ellison's use of black folklore aids him in "bridg[ing the gap between the uniqueness and the universality of black experience."]
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