Passing in the works of Charles W. Chesnutt /

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Passing in the Works of Charles W. Chesnutt is a collection that reevaluates Chesnutt's deft manipulation of the "passing" theme to expand understanding of the author's fiction and nonfiction. Nine contributors apply a variety of theories--including intertextual, signifying/disco...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Wright, Susan Prothro, Glass, Ernestine Pickens
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2010.
Series:Margaret Walker Alexander series in African American studies.
Subjects:
Chesnutt, Charles W. > (Charles Waddell), > 1858-1932 > Criticism and interpretation.
Chesnutt, Charles W. > (Charles Waddell), > 1858-1932
Passing (Identity) in literature.
Passing (Identité) dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > African American.
Passing (Identity)
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Fiction
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Charles W. Chesnutt's Historical Imagination; Signifying the Other: Chesnutt's "Methods of Teaching"; On Flags and Fraternities: Lessons in History in Charles Chesnutt's "Po' Sandy"; Passing as Narrative and Textual Strategy in Charles Chesnutt's "The Passing of Grandison"; The Dream of History: Memory and the Unconscious in Charles Chesnutt's The House behind the Cedars; In the Wake of D.W. Griffith's: The Birth of a Nation Chesnutt's Paul Marchand, F.M.C. as Command Performance; Performing Race: Mixed-Race Characters in the Novels of Charles Chesnutt.

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