Chesnutt and realism :: a study of the novels /

An important examination of Charles Chesnutt as a practitioner of realism. With the release of previously unpublished novels and a recent proliferation of critical studies on his life and work, Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) has emerged as a major American writer of his time - the age of Howells, T...

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Main Author: Simmons, Ryan, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2006.
Series:Studies in American literary realism and naturalism.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:An important examination of Charles Chesnutt as a practitioner of realism. With the release of previously unpublished novels and a recent proliferation of critical studies on his life and work, Charles W. Chesnutt (1858-1932) has emerged as a major American writer of his time - the age of Howells, Twain, and Wharton. In Chesnutt and Realism, Ryan Simmons breaks new ground by theorizing how understandings of literary realism have shaped, and can continue to shape, the reception of Chesnutt's work. Although Chesnutt is typically acknowledged as the most prominent African American.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 198 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-193) and index.
ISBN:9780817382285
0817382283