![]() | Charles W. Chesnutt and the Fictions of Race Subjects: Race in literature.; Group identity in literature.; African Americans in literature.; Identity (Psychology) in literature.; African Americans; Charles Chesnutt (1858-1932) was the first African American writer of fiction to win the attention and approval of America's literary establishment. Looking anew at Chesnutt's public and private writings, his fiction and nonfiction, and his well-known and recently rediscovered works, Dean McWilliams explores Chesnutt's distinctive contribution to American culture: how his stories and novels challenge our dominant cultural narratives--particularly their underlying assumptions about race. DEAN McWILLIAMS is J. Richard Hamilton/Baker and Hostetler Professor of Humanities and professor of English at Ohio University. He is the editor of scholarly editions of Chesnutt's The Quarry and Paul Marchand, F.M.C . |
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