Charles Waddell Chesnutt (June 20, 1858 – November 15, 1932) was an American author, essayist, political activist and lawyer, best known for his novels...
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about Chesnutt, "Neither Fish, Flesh, Nor Fowl: Race and Region in the Writings of Charles W. Chesnutt, Anne Fleischmann, explains a bit about Chesnutt. She...
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American. Helen Maria Chesnutt was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina in 1880. Her parents were the author Charles Chesnutt, said to be the first important...
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The Marrow of Tradition (category Novels by Charles W. Chesnutt)
Marrow of Tradition (1901) is a novel by the African-American author Charles W. Chesnutt, portraying a fictional account of the Wilmington Insurrection of...
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Chesnutt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Charles W. Chesnutt (1858–1932), American author, essayist, political activist and lawyer...
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accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The Charles W. Chesnutt Library supports the university in its academic and cultural endeavors...
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The Wife of His Youth (category Short stories by Charles W. Chesnutt)
"The Wife of His Youth" is a short story by American author Charles W. Chesnutt, first published in July 1898. It later served as the title story of the...
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Narrative and Textual Strategy in Charles Chesnutt's 'The Passing of Grandison'", Passing in the Works of Charles W. Chesnutt, Eds. Wright, Susan Prothro,...
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Stories of the Color-Line by Charles W. Chesnutt (1899) The House Behind the Cedars, 1900 novel by Charles W. Chesnutt "Talma Gordon," 1900 short story...
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The Conjure Woman (category Short stories by Charles W. Chesnutt)
stories by African-American fiction writer, essayist, and activist Charles W. Chesnutt. First published in 1899, The Conjure Woman is considered a seminal...
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The Passing of Grandison (category Short stories by Charles W. Chesnutt)
"The Passing of Grandison" is a short story written by Charles W. Chesnutt and published in the collection The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of...
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film was banned from some theaters. Micheaux adapted two works by Charles W. Chesnutt, which he released under their original titles: The Conjure Woman...
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The Colonel's Dream (category Novels by Charles W. Chesnutt)
Colonel's Dream is a novel written by the African-American author Charles W. Chesnutt. The novel is published by Doubleday, Page, & Co. in 1905. The Colonel's...
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census. It is the county seat of Montgomery County. A short story by Charles W. Chesnutt, The Sheriff's Children, is set in Troy. Troy lies in an area once...
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his research topic to focus on African-American writers such as Charles W. Chesnutt. At Texas Tech University, William L. Andrews was an assistant professor...
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become worthless. Rena, the main character of House Behind the Cedars (Charles W Chesnutt, published 1900) is afflicted with brain fever in her final moments...
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The House Behind the Cedars (book) (category Novels by Charles W. Chesnutt)
Behind the Cedars is the first published novel by American author Charles W. Chesnutt. It was published in 1900 by Houghton, Mifflin and Company. The story...
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Evelyn's Husband (category Novels by Charles W. Chesnutt)
American author Charles W. Chesnutt which was edited by Matthew Wilson and Marjan Van Schaik. In addition to being an author, Chesnutt was an educator...
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The Sheriff's Children (category Short stories by Charles W. Chesnutt)
short story written by Charles W. Chesnutt in his collection The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color-Line. Chesnutt's work was written during...
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Cedars (1927), based on a novel by the same name published in 1900 by Charles W. Chesnutt. Micheaux may have borrowed the new title from a 1923 novel by Gertrude...
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List of Penguin Classics (section W)
Herman Melville Conjure Tales and Stories of the Colour Line by Charles W. Chesnutt A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain The Conquest...
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George Washington Cable Erskine Caldwell Alice Cary Willa Cather Charles W. Chesnutt Kate Chopin Irvin S. Cobb August Derleth Alice Dunbar Nelson Edward...
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writer was taught by Helen Maria Chesnutt, daughter of Cleveland-born African American novelist Charles W. Chesnutt. Hughes authored some of his earliest...
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The Atlantic Monthly, during which he published writers including Charles W. Chesnutt. He was also known for his semi-autobiographical book The Story of...
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viewed as inadequate. ”The Disfranchisement of the Negro” by Charles W. Chesnutt Chesnutt argues that the disfranchisement of African Americans is a violation...
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eventually settling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1903, writer Charles W. Chesnutt of Ohio published the article "The Disfranchisement of the Negro"...
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and the 1899 short story collection The Conjure Woman by author Charles W. Chesnutt on Black horror. She also described the artworks of Kara Walker,...
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A Business Career (category Novels by Charles W. Chesnutt)
A Business Career is a novel by African-American author Charles Chesnutt that features the life of a "new woman" of the late 19th century; she enters the...
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Nigger": The Careers of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Henry O. Tanner, and Charles W. Chesnutt". American Studies. 43 (1). Mid-America American Studies Association:...
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Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers Inc. McWilliams, Charles (2002). Charles W. Chesnutt and the Fictions of Race. Athens: The University of Georgia...
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