A landmark in the history of African American fiction, this gripping 1901 novel unfolds against the backdrop of the post-Reconstruction South, climaxing in a race riot based on an actual 1898 incident.
The novel takes the reader to uncharted territories where the emerging white aristocracy is trying to get rid of the ‘blacks’. This Xist Classics edition has been professionally formatted for e-readers with a linked table of contents.
A landmark in the history of African-American fiction, this gripping 1901 novel was among the first literary challenges to racial stereotypes. Its tragic history of 2 families unfolds against the...
Reproduction of the original: The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chesnutt
For now, survival means staying hidden — but what they don't know is that one of them holds the secret to defeating the marrow thieves.
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The Marrow of Tradition African American Realist Fiction By Charles W. Chestnutt The Marrow of Tradition (1901) is a historical novel by the African-American author Charles Chesnutt, set at the time and portraying a fictional account of the ...
The Marrow of Tradition by Charles W. Chestnutt. The Marrow of Tradition is considered to be one of the most important works of African American realist fiction. Complete Edition.
The Norton Library edition features the original 1901 text, explanatory endnotes, and a sweeping introduction by Autumn Womack (Princeton University) that thoroughly details the work’s historical contexts, literary achievements, and ...
The book is notable for its fictionalized portrayal of the rise of the white supremacist movement.
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