2002, ISBN: 1931082065

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[EAN: 9781931082068], Neubuch, [PU: Library of America, New York], LITERATURE: UNITED STATES: THE NOVEL & SHORT STORY: CHARLES W. CHESNUTT: STORIES, NOVELS, ESSAYS: CONJURE WOMAN; WIFE OF… Plus…

[EAN: 9781931082068], Neubuch, [PU: Library of America, New York], LITERATURE: UNITED STATES: THE NOVEL & SHORT STORY: CHARLES W. CHESNUTT: STORIES, NOVELS, ESSAYS: CONJURE WOMAN; WIFE OF HIS YOUTH OTHER STORIES COLOR LINE; HOUSE BEYOND CEDARS; MARROW TRADITION; UNCOLLECTED STORIES; ESSAYS (LIBRARY AMERICA NO. 131): CHESNUTT, W.; WERNER SOLLORS SELECTED CONTENTS WROTE NOTES FOR THIS VOLUME, PIONEERING: INNOVATIVE: HONEST: POWERFUL: HARSH: BITTER: SEERING: NEW Library of America hardcover, First Edition (Orig. 1985) First Printing, NEW cream-white LOA slipcase w/ LOA logo gilt stamped at top center of double-gilt-bordered front panel w/ sharp AS-NEW edges & corners, IMMACULATE smooth-cut text-block exterior, IMPECCABLE white-on-green Library of America patterned card-stock end-papers, PRISTINE interior printed in remarkably clear 10-point Linotron Galliard on SUPERB Ecusta Nyallite archival paper * 5.24" x 8.12" x 1.62", 0.60 kg, x+940 (950) pp / w/ Slipcase: 5.36" x 8.36" x 2.12", 0.70 kg * CONTENTS: Stories, Novels, & Essays: The Conjure Woman (1); The Wife of His Youth & Other Stories of the Color Line (97); The House Beyond the Cedars (267); The Marrow of Tradition (463); Uncollected Stories (721); Essays (837); Chronology (915), Note on the Texts (924), Notes (929) * ABOUT THE BOOK: Before Langston Hughes & Zora Neale Hurston, before James Weldon Johnson & Nella Larsen, Charles W. Chesnutt broke new ground in American literature w/ searching explorations of the meaning of race & innovative use of African-American speech & folklore. Rejecting genteel Victorian hypocrisy about miscegenation, lynching, & "passing", Chesnutt exposed the deformed logic of Jim Crow w/ novels & stories of formal clarity: creating, in the process, the modern African American novel. Here is the best of Chesnutt's work in the largest & most comprehensive edition ever published, presenting for the first time the full range of his achievement as a writer & social critic. "The Conjure Woman" (1899) introduced Chesnutt to the public as a writer of "conjure" tales, stories that explore black folklore & supernaturalism. That same year, he published "The Wife of His Youth, and Other Stories of the Color Line", stories set in Chesnutt's native North Carolina that dramatize the legacies of slavery & Reconstruction at the turn of the century. His first novel, "The House Behind the Cedars" (1900) tells, as no previous novel ever had, of racial passing. "The Marrow of Tradition" (1901), Chesnutt's masterpiece, is a powerful & bitter novel about the harsh reassertion of white dominance in a southern town at the end of the Reconstruction era, based largely on the Wilmington race riot. Nine uncollected short stories, including conjure tales omitted from "The Conjure Woman", round out a selection of the author's fiction. Eight essays highlight Chesnutt's prescient views on the paradoxes of race relations in America & the definition of race itself. * ABOUT THE EDITOR: WERNER SOLLORS teaches Afro-American Studies & English at Harvard University. His most recent book is "Neither Black Nor White Yet Both: Thematic Explorations of Interracial Literature". * ABOUT LIBRARY OF AMERICA: Library of America is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, & keeping permanently in print, America's best & most significant writing. The LOA series includes hundreds of volumes, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, & ribbon markers, & are printed on premium acid-free archival paper that will last for centuries. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a nominal additional fee & via efficient USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL to all international shipments at our posted rates., Books<

2002, ISBN: 9781931082068

Library of America, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: First Edition, 939 Seiten, Publiziert: 2002-01-14T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9781931082068, 1.35 kg, Verkaufsrang: 205… Plus…

Library of America, Gebundene Ausgabe, Auflage: First Edition, 939 Seiten, Publiziert: 2002-01-14T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, Hersteller-Nr.: 9781931082068, 1.35 kg, Verkaufsrang: 2050558, Kurzgeschichten & Anthologien, Literatur & Fiktion, Kategorien, Bücher, Klassiker, US-amerikanische Lyrik, Regionen & Kulturkreise, Lyrik, Antike & Mittelalter, Epochen, Essays & Briefwechsel, Literaturgeschichte & -kritik, US-amerikanische Literatur, Weltliteratur, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, Library of America, 2002<

ISBN: 9781931082068

Hardback, [PU: The Library of America], This collection of essential writings from a pioneer of African-American literature features two stories newly restored to print. Eight essays high… Plus…

Hardback, [PU: The Library of America], This collection of essential writings from a pioneer of African-American literature features two stories newly restored to print. Eight essays highlight Chesnutt's prescient views on the paradoxes of race relations in America and the definition of race itself., Literary Studies: General<