Charles W. Chesnutt: Essays and Speeches

by Jesse S. Crisler

Book Overview

Over the past decade, increasing attention has been paid to the life and work of Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932), considered by many the major African-American fiction writer before the Harlem Renaissance by virtue of the three novels and two collections of short stories he published between 1899 and 1905.

Less familiar are the essays he wrote for American periodicals from 1899 through 1931, the majority of which are analyses of and protests...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804744327
• ISBN13: 9780804744324
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 636 Pages
• Weight: 2.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 7.1" x 10.0"