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  The Marrow of Tradition (Bedford Cultural Editions) (Paperback) By (author) Charles W. Chesnutt, Volume editor Nancy Bentley, Volume editor Sandra Gunning

  

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  Short Description for The Marrow of TraditionThis teaching edition of Charles W. Chesnutt's 1901 novel about racial conflict features an extensive selection of materials - such as letters, photographs, editorials, speeches, legal decisions and journalism from leading periodicals of the era - that place the work in its historical context.
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  • Publisher: St Martin's Press
  • Published: 01 May 2003
  • Format: Paperback 512 pages
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  • Categories: Literary Studies: C 1800 To C 1900 | Literary Studies: From C 1900 - | Literary Studies: Fiction, Novelists & Prose Writers | Classics | Historical Fiction | Regional Studies | Cultural Studies
  • ISBN 13: 9780312194062 ISBN 10: 0312194064
  • Sales rank: 59,698

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• This teaching edition of Charles W. Chesnutt's 1901 novel about racial conflict in a Southern US town features an extensive selection of materials that place the work in its historical context. Organized thematically, these materials explore: caste, gender and race after Reconstruction; postbellum laws and lynching; the 1898 Wilmington riot upon which the narrative is based; and the fin de siecle culture of segregation. The thematic sections are rich with documents such as letters, photographs, editorials, speeches, legal decisions, journalism and essays from leading periodicals of the era. The editors' introductions and selection headnotes provide additional background for understanding the mythology of race and Chesnutt's penetrating examination of its mechanisms and consequences.