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The Northern Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt (Paperback, New)
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The Northern Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt (Paperback, New)
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The first African American fiction writer to earn a national
reputation, Charles W. Chesnutt remains best known for his
depictions of Southern life before and after the Civil War. But he
also produced a large body of what might best be called his
"Northern" writings, and those works, taken together, describe the
intriguing ways in which America was reshaping itself at the turn
of the last century. The Northern Stories of Charles W. Chesnutt
collects for the first time eighteen Chesnutt stories-several of
them first appearing in Northern magazines or newspapers-that
portray life in the North in the period between the Civil War and
World War I. Living in Ohio from 1883 until his death in 1932,
Chesnutt witnessed and wrote about the social, cultural, and racial
upheavals taking place in the North during a crucial period of
American history. His Northern stories thus reflect his vision of a
newly reconstituted America, one recommitted to the ideals of
freedom and economic opportunity inherent in our national heritage.
The stories, compiled and edited with critical introductions to
each by Professor Charles Duncan, offer a new Chesnutt, one
fascinated by the evolution of America into an urban, multiracial,
economically driven democracy. The Northern Stories of Charles W.
Chesnutt presents richly imagined characters, both black and white,
working to make better lives for themselves in the turbulent and
stimulating universe of the turn-of-the-century North. Indeed,
Chesnutt stands virtually alone as the first African American
chronicler of Northern culture, anticipating such figures as James
Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, and
Toni Morrison. This critical edition of The Northern Stories of
Charles W. Chesnutt is a significant addition to the body of
African American literature.
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