Juneteenth | Critical Overview
Ellison’s novel Juneteenth was only recently published in 1999, thus there is not a great deal of criticism written about the book. It has received a vast amount of praise, but also some reviews critical of the novel construction. Nonetheless, there has not been enough time for concrete reflection to develop a corpus of lengthier criticism. Richard A. King stated in Journal of American Studies that Ellison’s Juneteenth “can be read as an allegory of the history of America. Though nurtured and cared for by long-suffering blacks, white Americans have spent their...
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