Originally published in 1911, "The Quest of the Silver Fleece was
the first novel to come from world-famous sociologist and
civil-rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois. A controversial title of its
time, the novel chronicles the complex interactions between
Northern financing and Southern politics as it follows the story of
free-spirited Zora, child of a Southern swamp, and her romance with
Yankee-educated Bles, who will eventually face the opportunity to
claim political power through corrupt means. In the middle of it
all is the silver fleece, a crop of cotton rich with meaning and
symbolism.
In the tradition of other incendiary novels that explore market
forces at the turn of the century, such as Frank Norris's "The Pit
and Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle," The Quest of the Silver Fleece
was seen as an "economic study" by Du Bois, yet it was also a
romantic and otherwordly saga, loosely based on the Greek myth from
which it takes its name. Using literary conventions to expose and
oppose America's views on race, Du Bois presents a sprawling and
provocative work that continues to engage readers and inspire
debate among literary scholars today.
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