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Author
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The House Behind the Cedars (1900) is African-American writer Charles Chesnutt's debut novel. Inspired by his own experience as a Black man capable of passing for white-which Chesnutt consciously chose not to do-as well as by Walter Scott's Ivanhoe, The House Behind the Cedars explores themes of identity, race, and class in the post-Civil War South.
Controversial for its portrayal of interracial romance, Chesnutt's novel was critically acclaimed...
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"A pioneer in the development of fiction giving voice to the African-American experience, Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858 -- 1932) found literary success with his "conjure tales" -- vignettes from black folk life, recounted partially in the vernacular -- and later with his "stories of the color line," which addressed more directly the problems of race in America. This outstanding, affordable volume presents a selection of the best of both conjure and...
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