Umfang:
1 online resource (276 pages)
ISBN:
9780820327242
Inhalt:
Looking anew at Chesnutt's public and private writings and his well-known and recently rediscovered works, McWilliams explores Chesnutt's distinctive contribution to American culture: how his stories and novels challenge our dominant cultural narratives--particularly their underlying assumptions about race.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Chesnutt's Language / Language's Chesnutt -- 2. Chesnutt in His Journals: "Nigger" under Erasure -- 3. "The Future American" and "Chas. Chesnutt -- 4. Black Vernacular in Chesnutt's Short Fiction: "A New School of Literature -- 5. The Julius and John Stories: "The Luscious Scuppernong -- 6. Race in Chesnutt's Short Fiction: The "Line" and the "Web -- 7. Mandy Oxendine: "Is You a Rale Black Man? -- 8. The House behind the Cedars: "Creatures of Our Creation -- 9. The Marrow of Tradition: "The Very Breath of His Nostrils -- 10. The Colonel's Dream: "Sho Would 'a' Be'n a 'Ristocrat -- 11. PaulMarchand, F.M.C.: "F.M.C." and "C.W.C. -- 12. The Quarry: "And Not the Hawk -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780820324357
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780820324357
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3038882
