Whiteness in the Novels of Charles W. Chesnutt /

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Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932), critically acclaimed for his novels, short stories, and essays, was one of the most ambitious and influential African American writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Today recognized as a major innovator of American fiction, Chesnutt is an impo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wilson, Matthew, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Chesnutt, Charles W. > (Charles Waddell), > 1858-1932.
Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, > 1858-1932 > Characters > Whites.
Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, > 1858-1932 > Criticism and interpretation.
White people in literature.
White in literature.
Race in literature.
Human skin color in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Race dans la litterature.
Blanc dans la litterature.
Couleur de la peau dans la litterature.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Introduction; 1. Chesnutt's Racial Nonfiction: Theorizing Race; 2. The White Novels: Melodrama and Popular Fiction; 3. Mandy Oxendine: The Protocols of Tragic Mulatta Fiction; 4. The House Behind the Cedars: Race Melodrama and the White Audience; 5. The Marrow of Tradition: Living to Tell the Tale; 6. The Colonel's Dream: The Eccentric Design of Charles W. Chesnutt's New South Novel; 7. Paul Marchand, F.M.C.: The Strange Alchemy of Race; 8. The Quarry: "No White Person of Sound Mind Would Ever Claim to Be a Negro"; Postscript; Notes; Works Cited; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H
  • IJ; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

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