Business career, A
Charles W. Chesnutt ; edited by Matthew Wilson and Marjan A. van Schaik ; introduction by Matthew Wilson

Author: Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2005, 218 p.
Other Contributors:
Wilson, Matthew, 1949-: editor; Van Schaik, Marjan A.: editor

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Colonel's dream, The
Charles Waddell Chesnutt

Author: Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932

In a progressive novel first published in 1905, former Confederate war hero Colonel French returns to his impoverished Southern hometown after years as a successful businessman in the North and struggles to revitalize the community despite a corrupt system that re-enslaves many of the town's black residents. Reprint.


New York: Negro Universities Press, [1970], viii, 294 p.

Notes:
Reprint of the 1905 ed


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Evelyn's husband
Charles W. Chesnutt ; edited by Matthew Wilson and Marjan A. van Schaik ; introduction by Matthew Wilson

Author: Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932

Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2005, 289 p.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (xviii-xx).


Other Contributors:
Wilson, Matthew, 1949-: editor; Van Schaik, Marjan A.: editor

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157806760X


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House behind the cedars, The
by Charles W. Chesnutt

Author: Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932

John Walden, a young black man, decides to pass for white in post-Civil War North Carolina in order to achieve the American dream.


Boston,; New York,: Houghton, Mifflin and company, 1900, 294 p.

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Mandy Oxendine: a novel

Author: Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932

Mandy Oxendine, a light-skinned African American chooses to pass for white, but she has problems when a white landowner pursues her and she encounters her former black lover.


Other Contributors: Hackenberry, Charles: ed

Urbana, IL: University of Illinois, 1997, 112 p.


Booklist Review: A century ago, Chesnutt's short first novel was rejected for publication, and to read it is to think we know why. It begins as an intriguing perspective on the color line in early post-Civil War North Carolina and on two--its white-appearing African American heroine and hero--who strain against it. Then, after a mysterious murder, it becomes plot-heavy and turns into a melodrama, including a near-lynching, that ends all too abruptly. As Charles Hackenberry convincingly explains in an introduction to the finally published story, the change in tone and texture from socially concerned psychological realism to stilted theatricality probably isn't why Houghton Mifflin refused it. Rather, Mandy Oxendine and Tom Lowrey are more independent and resourceful "black" characters than late Victorian America could accept, and Chesnutt's tacit endorsement of several strategies for escaping the oppression African Americans suffered in the postbellum South was even more threatening. Now, those characterizations and attitudes should captivate readers concerned with the history of race relations as well as lovers of African American literature. ((Reviewed November 15, 1997)) -- Ray Olson

Library Journal Review: Left unpublished 100 years ago, Chesnutt's short novel of racial identity and murder has been resurrected by editor Hackenberry (English, Pennsylvania State Univ., Altoona). Mandy Oxendine is a light-skinned African American woman who has chosen to pass for white in order to attain a better life financially and socially. Pursued by a white landowner and the object of a traveling preacher's obsession, Mandy is discovered by her former lover, Lowrey, a light-skinned teacher who has chosen to live as a black man. The landowner's lust and greed soon lead to murder and an attempted lynching. While of historical interest in the study of 19th-century African American literature and of Chesnutt's later works (e.g., The Conjure Woman, 1899) the novel is underdeveloped, with characters that lack depth or passion and an ending that is too neatly resolved. Recommended for academic libraries and public libraries with strong African American collections.--Ellen Flexman, Indianapolis-Marion Cty. P.L.



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Marrow of tradition, The
Charles W. Chesnutt

Author: Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932

Firsthand experience provided material for this novel about the 1898 attempt to disfranchise the black residents of Wilmington, North Carolina.


Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 2003, x, 213 p.

Notes:
Originally published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1901


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Paul Marchand, F.M.C
By Charles W. Chesnutt. Edited with introduction and notes by Dean McWilliams

Author: Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, copyright 1999, 192 p.

Other Contributors:
McWilliams, Dean: ed

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0691059942
1578060559 : Hardcover - University Press
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• Hennepin County Public Library
• Baker & Taylor
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• TID: 019923

Quarry, The

Author: Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932

Other Contributors: McWilliams, Dean: ed

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, 1999, 288 p.
Library Journal Review: Access to the work of pioneering African American fiction writer Chesnutt has expanded in recent years with the release of his previously unpublished novels Mandy Oxendine and Paul Marchand, F.M.C. The trend continues with this publication of Chesnutt's final novel. Completed by 1928, the novel reflects several of Chesnutt's major themes, including the quest for racial identity. The tale of Donald Glover is, in many ways, similar to other stories of racial passing common to the period but with some surprising twists. Editor McWilliams (English, Ohio Univ.) provides a brief but helpful introduction and notes. Although this final work does not approach such Chesnutt classics as The Conjure Woman and Other Stories (1899) and The Marrow of Tradition (1901), it will be of interest to scholars of African American literature, particularly for Chesnutt's views on the Harlem Renaissance.--Louis J. Parascandola, Long Island Univ., Brooklyn, NY Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.



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