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Overshadowed - A Novel (Hardcover)
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Overshadowed - A Novel (Hardcover)
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Overshadowed: A Novel (1901) is a novel by Sutton E. Griggs.
Published just two years after his debut novel, Overshadowed takes
a different angle on the political reality of African Americans
than Griggs explored in Imperium in Imperio. Taking an ironic tone,
he examines the intersection of race and gender in the burgeoning
Black middle-class to explore and critique the politics of
liberalism and assimilation. Although Griggs' novels were largely
forgotten by the mid-twentieth century, scholars have recently
sought to emphasize his role as an activist and author involved
with the movement for Black nationalism in the United States.
Critics since have recognized Griggs as a pioneering political
figure and author whose utopian themes and engagement with
contemporary crises constitute some of the era's most radical
literary efforts by an African American writer. "[T]he grain that
came to life under the oak has its peculiar struggles. It must
contend for sustenance with the roots of the oak. It must wrestle
with the shade of the oak. The life of this isolated grain of corn
is one continuous tragedy. Overshadowed is the story of this grain
of corn, the Anglo-Saxon being the oak, and the Negro the plant
struggling for existence." Introducing his second novel, Griggs
sets the stage for a story of perseverance, a quality possessed by
both Erma Wysong and Astral Herndon. Born and raised in Richmond,
Virginia, Erma and Astral are representative of the emerging Black
middle class. As they each go off to college and embark on a path
to a promising young adulthood, they hope to take advantage of
opportunities that weren't afforded to their parents. Secretly,
however, Astral hopes to return to Richmond and win Erma's hand in
marriage, believing that time and distance will convince her that
he can be more than a friend. Although their love grows stronger,
Astral finds himself flooded with doubt regarding one aspect of
Erma's identity-although she was raised by Black parents, her birth
father was a white man. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Sutton E Griggs'
Overshadowed: A Novel is a classic work of African American
literature reimagined for modern readers.
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