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House Behind the Cedars
Häftad, 1993
228 kr
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An early masterwork among American literary treatments of miscegenation, Chesnutt’s story is of two young African Americans who decide to pass for white in order to claim their share of the American dream.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in …
Portable Charles W. Chesnutt
Av Charles W. Chesnutt, William L. Andrews
Häftad, 2008
303 kr
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Colonel's Dream
A Novel
E-bok, 2007
126 kr
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In this provocative novel of reconstruction and race, a Civil War veteran tries to create a new utopia in his Southern hometown after gaining enlightenment and riches in the North. Revolutionary in both its storyline and its storytelling, The Colonel’s Dream was one of the most progressive books of …
House Behind the Cedars
E-bok, 2007
104 kr
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The House Behind the Cedars , which many consider Charles Chesnutt’s finest novel, tells of John and Lena Walden, mulatto siblings who pass for white in the postbellum American South. The drama that unfolds as they travel between black and white worlds constitutes a riveting portrait of the shifting …
Marrow of Tradition (The Norton Library)
Av Charles W. Chesnutt, Autumn Womack
Häftad, 2023, 15+ år
137 kr
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Part of the Norton Library seriesThe Norton Library edition of The Marrow of Tradition features the original 1901 text of the work. A sweeping introduction by Autumn Womack highlights the work’s historical contexts, literary achievements, and groundbreaking critique of white supremacy.The Norton …
Conjure Stories
A Norton Critical Edition
Av Charles W. Chesnutt, Robert B. Stepto m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
251 kr
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This Norton Critical Edition of The Conjure Stories arranges the tales chronologically by composition date, allowing readers to discern how Chesnutt experimented with plots and characters and with the idea of the conjure story over time. With one exception, the text of each tale is that of the …
Marrow of Tradition
A Norton Critical Edition
Av Charles W. Chesnutt, Werner Sollors
Häftad, 2012, 15+ år
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
251 kr
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Inspired by the 1898 Wilmington Riot and the eyewitness accounts of Charles W. Chesnutt’s own family, Chesnutt’s The Marrow of Tradition captures the astonishing moment in American history when a violent coup d’état resulted in the subversion of a free and democratic election.The Norton Critical …
Wife of His Youth and Other Stories
Häftad, 1968
269 kr
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Chesnutt writes of the black search for identity in the period between the Civil War and the turn of the century
Conjure Woman
Häftad, 1969
218 kr
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First published in 1899, these folk tales within a tale provide commentary on the social attitudes of the period
Paul Marchand, F.M.C.
Av Charles W. Chesnutt, David Dean McWilliams
Häftad, 2014
779 kr
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Evoking the atmosphere of early-nineteenth-century New Orleans and the deadly aftermath of the San Domingo slave revolution, this historical novel begins as its protagonist puzzles over the seemingly prophetic dream of an aged black praline seller in the famous Place d'Armes. Paul Marchand, a free …
Quarry
Av Charles W. Chesnutt, David Dean McWilliams
Häftad, 2014
1097 kr
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Was Donald Glover really what he seemed--a handsome, dedicated, and clever African-American star of the Harlem Renaissance, whose looks made him the "quarry" of a variety of women? Or could the secrets of his birth change his destiny entirely? Focusing on the culture of Harlem in the 1920s, Charles …
Paul Marchand, F.M.C.
Av Charles W. Chesnutt, David Dean McWilliams
Inbunden, 2016
1700 kr
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Evoking the atmosphere of early-nineteenth-century New Orleans and the deadly aftermath of the San Domingo slave revolution, this historical novel begins as its protagonist puzzles over the seemingly prophetic dream of an aged black praline seller in the famous Place d'Armes. Paul Marchand, a free …
Quarry
Av Charles W. Chesnutt, David Dean McWilliams
Inbunden, 2016
2295 kr
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Was Donald Glover really what he seemed--a handsome, dedicated, and clever African-American star of the Harlem Renaissance, whose looks made him the "quarry" of a variety of women? Or could the secrets of his birth change his destiny entirely? Focusing on the culture of Harlem in the 1920s, Charles …
Exemplary Citizen: Letters of Charles W. Chesnutt, 1906-1932
Av Charles W. Chesnutt, Jesse S. Crisler m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
1033 kr
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This book collects the letters written between 1906 and 1932 by novelist and civil rights activist Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932). Between 1885 and 1905, this pioneer in the African-American literary tradition published three novels, two books of short stories, a biography of Frederick Douglass, …
House Behind the Cedars
A Novel
Häftad, 2000
514 kr
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In The House Behind the Cedars, a novel about two African Americans who pass for white in post-Civil War North Carolina, Charles W. Chesnutt introduces a striking new hero in American fiction of the color line: John Walden, a young black man who decides to pass for white in order to earn what he …
Northern Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt
Av Charles W. Chesnutt, Charles Duncan
Häftad, 2004
314 kr
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The first African American fiction writer to earn a national reputation, Charles W. Chesnutt remains best known for his depictions of Southern life before and after the Civil War. But he also produced a large body of what might best be called his "Northern" writings, and those works, taken …
Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales
Av Charles W. Chesnutt, Richard H. Brodhead
Häftad, 1993
332 kr
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The stories in The Conjure Woman were Charles W. Chesnutt's first great literary success, and since their initial publication in 1899 they have come to be seen as some of the most remarkable works of African American literature from the Emancipation through the Harlem Renaissance. Lesser known, …
Journals of Charles W. Chesnutt
Av Charles W. Chesnutt, Richard H. Brodhead
Häftad, 1993
539 kr
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Born on the eve of the Civil War, Charles W. Chesnutt grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina, a county seat of four or five thousand people, a once-bustling commercial center slipping into postwar decline. Poor, black, and determined to outstrip his modest beginnings and forlorn surroundings, …
Conjure Woman and Other Conjure Tales
Av Charles W. Chesnutt, Richard H. Brodhead
E-bok, 1993
423 kr
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The stories in The Conjure Woman were Charles W. Chesnutt''s first great literary success, and since their initial publication in 1899 they have come to be seen as some of the most remarkable works of African American literature from the Emancipation through the Harlem Renaissance. Lesser known, …
Journals of Charles W. Chesnutt
Av Charles W. Chesnutt, Richard H. Brodhead
E-bok, 1993
536 kr
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Born on the eve of the Civil War, Charles W. Chesnutt grew up in Fayetteville, North Carolina, a county seat of four or five thousand people, a once-bustling commercial center slipping into postwar decline. Poor, black, and determined to outstrip his modest beginnings and forlorn surroundings, …
Conjure Woman
E-bok, 2017
200 kr
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Seven short stories from one of the most influential African-American authors of the early twentieth century have been edited for modern readers. Changes include standardized spellings and replacement of offensive terms. The bones of the stories are just as he told them with no changes to plot or …
Portable Charles W. Chesnutt
Av Charles W. Chesnutt, William L. Andrews
E-bok, 2008
90 kr
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A collection from one of our most influential African American writers An icon of nineteenth-century American fiction, Charles W. Chesnutt, an incisive storyteller of the aftermath of slavery in the South, is widely credited with almost single-handedly inaugurating the African American short story …
House Behind the Cedars
E-bok, 1993
90 kr
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The House Behind the Cedars , which many consider Charles Chesnutt’s finest novel, tells of John and Lena Walden, mulatto siblings who pass for white in the postbellum American South. The drama that unfolds as they travel between black and white worlds constitutes a riveting portrait of the shifting …
Marrow of Tradition
E-bok, 1993
90 kr
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This novel is based on a historically accurate account of the Wilmington, North Carolina, "race riot" of 1898, and is a passionate portrait of the betrayal of black culture in America, by an acclaimed African-American writer. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of …
Quarry
Av Charles W. Chesnutt, David Dean McWilliams
E-bok, 2014
820 kr
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Was Donald Glover really what he seemed--a handsome, dedicated, and clever African-American star of the Harlem Renaissance, whose looks made him the "e;quarry"e; of a variety of women? Or could the secrets of his birth change his destiny entirely? Focusing on the culture of Harlem in the …
Paul Marchand, F.M.C.
Av Charles W. Chesnutt, David Dean McWilliams
E-bok, 2014
574 kr
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Evoking the atmosphere of early-nineteenth-century New Orleans and the deadly aftermath of the San Domingo slave revolution, this historical novel begins as its protagonist puzzles over the seemingly prophetic dream of an aged black praline seller in the famous Place d'Armes. Paul Marchand, a free …
Conjure Woman
E-bok, 2018
16 kr
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According to Wikipedia: "Charles Waddell Chesnutt (June 20, 1858 – November 15, 1932) was an African-American author, essayist and political activist, best known for his novels and short stories exploring complex issues of racial and social identity…. Chesnutt''s stories were more complex than …
