{"product_id":"the-portable-charles-w-chesnutt-paperback","title":"The Portable Charles W. Chesnutt - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles W. Chesnutt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam L. Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWilliam L. Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection from one of our most influential African American writers\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An icon of nineteenth-century American fiction, Charles W. Chesnutt, an incisive storyteller of the aftermath of slavery in the South, is widely credited with almost single-handedly inaugurating the African American short story tradition and was the first African American novelist to achieve national critical acclaim. This major addition to Penguin Classics features an ideal sampling of his work: twelve short stories (including conjure tales and protest fiction), three essays, and the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Marrow of Tradition\u003c\/i\u003e. Published here for the 150th anniversary of Chesnutt's birth, \u003ci\u003eThe Portable Charles W. Chesnutt\u003c\/i\u003e will bring to a new audience the genius of a man whose legacy underlies key trends in modern Black fiction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam L. Andrews\u003c\/b\u003e is E. Maynard Adams Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Literary Career of Charles W. Chesnutt \u003c\/i\u003e(1980), \u003ci\u003eTo Tell a Free Story: The First Century of Afro-American Autobiography, 1760-1865 \u003c\/i\u003e(1986)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSlavery and Class in the American South: A Generation of Slave Narrative Testimony, 1840-1865\u003c\/i\u003e (2019). A co-editor of the \u003ci\u003eNorton Anthology of African American Literature \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Companion to African American Literature, \u003c\/i\u003ehe has edited Chesnutt's \u003ci\u003eConjure Tales and Stories of the Color Line\u003c\/i\u003e for Penguin Classics. In 2018 he received the Jay B. Hubbell Medal from the Modern Language Association for lifetime achievement in the study of American Literature.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHenry Louis Gates, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e was Professor of English, Comparative Literature, and Africana Studies at Cornell University, and also tenured at Yale, Duke, and Harvard, where he was appointed W.E.B. DuBois professor of humanities in 1991. Professor Gates is the author of \u003ci\u003eFigures in Black: Words, Signs, and the Racial Self, Wonders of the African World, The Signifying Monkey: A Theory of African-American Literary Criticism, Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Black Man, Loose Cannons: Notes on the Culture Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eColored People: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e. With Cornel West, he co-wrote \u003ci\u003eThe African American Century: How Black Americans Have Shaped Our Country\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Future of the Race\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the editor of the critically-acclaimed edition of \u003ci\u003eOur Nig\u003c\/i\u003e, an annotated reprint of Harriet E. Wilson's 1859 novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Slave's Narrative\u003c\/i\u003e (with the late Charles T. Davis), \u003ci\u003eAfricana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African-American Experience, Six Women's Slave Narratives\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIn the House of Oshugbo: Critical Essays on Wole Soyinka\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a recipient of the MacArthur Prize.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 8.04 x 4.78 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984010707245,"sku":"9780143105343","price":23.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/4ti-mYL5g69780143105343.webp?v=1776081370","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-portable-charles-w-chesnutt-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}