The Marrow of Tradition
$30.71
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 February 1993
Summary
Based on a historically accurate account of the Wilmington, North Carolina, “race riot” of 1898, African-American author Charles W. Chesnutt’s innovative novel is a passionate portrait of the betrayal of black culture in America.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140186864 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140186867 |
| Author: | Charles W. Chesnutt, Eric J. Sundquist |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 February 1993 |
| Weight: | 312g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 130mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Penguin Twentieth Century Classics |
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Critics Review
“Chesnutt was tremendously explicit in representing the violence and his own anger. Today it reads as one of the more enduring novels of the era.” -Richard Yarborough , UCLA
“Chesnutt was tremendously explicit in representing the violence and his own anger. Today it reads as one of the more enduring novels of the era.” —Richard Yarborough, UCLA
Charles W. Chesnutt
Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) was born in Cleveland, Ohio. His family later moved back to Fayetteville, North Carolina, where Chesnutt spent his childhood and young adulthood. He taught in local public schools before returning to Cleveland and being admitted to the bar.
Chesnutt established a legal stenography business but was drawn to fiction writing. He published two short story collections, The Conjure Woman and The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line (1890), and three novels: The House Behind the Cedars (1900), The Marrow of Tradition (1901), and The Colonel’s Dream (1905). He also wrote essays and gave speeches advocating for civil rights for African Americans.
Unable to make a living solely as a writer, Chesnutt returned to his business career. However, he remained a respected figure in African American literary circles until his death.
Eric J. Sundquist is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University, where he teaches American literature and culture. His books include King’s Dream: The Legacy of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech and Strangers in the Land: Blacks, Jews, Post-Holocaust America. Professor Sundquist has also edited essay collections on Mark Twain, Ralph Ellison, and W. E. B. Du Bois.
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