The absent man : the narrative craft of Charles W. Chesnutt /

In The Absent Man, Charles Duncan attributes Chesnutt's uneasy position to a remarkable narrative subtlety that shields Chesnutt's personal views from the reader. "Her Virginia Mammy," for example, might initially be read as a sentimental love story or as an endorsement of misceg...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Duncan, Charles, 1962-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©1998.
Sujets:
Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, > 1858-1932 > Technique.
Chesnutt, Charles W. > (Charles Waddell), > 1858-1932
Chesnutt, Charles Waddell.
African Americans in literature.
African American aesthetics.
Narration (Rhetoric)
English.
Languages & Literatures.
American Literature.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Esthétique noire américaine.
Narration.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
African American aesthetics
African Americans in literature
Technique
History
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction
  • The white and the black ... and the limits of authorship
  • "Through my leafy veil": Chestnutt's narrative witnesses
  • Negotiating belief and voicing difference
  • Speaking for (and against) each other: the inside narratives
  • Shortening his weapons: the more detached voice of realism
  • Conclusion: the blackballing of Charles W. Chestnutt.

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