"Passing in the Works of Charles W. Chesnutt" is a collection
that reevaluates Chesnutt's deft manipulation of the "passing"
theme to expand understanding of the author's fiction and
nonfiction. Nine contributors apply a variety of
theories--including intertextual, signifying/discourse analysis,
narratological, formal, psychoanalytical, new historical, reader
response, and performative frameworks--to add richness to readings
of Chesnutt's works. Together the essays provide convincing
evidence that "passing" is an intricate, essential part of
Chesnutt's writing, and that it appears in all the genres he
wielded: journal entries, speeches, essays, and short and long
fiction.The essays engage with each other to display the continuum
in Chesnutt's thinking as he began his writing career and
established his sense of social activism, as evidenced in his early
journal entries. Collectively, the essays follow Chesnutt's works
as he proceeded through the Jim Crow era, honing his ability to
manipulate his mostly white audience through the astute, though
apparently self-effacing, narrator, Uncle Julius, of his popular
conjure tales. Chesnutt's ability to subvert audience expectations
is equally noticeable in the subtle irony of his short stories.
Several of the collection's essays address Chesnutt's novels,
including "Paul Marchand, F.M.C., Mandy Oxendine, The House Behind
the Cedars, " and "Evelyn's Husband." The volume opens up new paths
of inquiry into a major African American writer's oeuvre.
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