The Marrow of Tradition

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-12-19
Publisher(s): Dover Publications
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Summary

This teaching edition of Charles W. Chestnutt's 1901 novel about racial conflict n a southern town features an extensive selection of materials that place the work in its historical context. The documents include letters, photographs, editorials, speeches, legal decisions, journalism, and essays by writers such as W.E.B. DuBois, Booker T. Washington, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Author Biography

One of America's first great African-American novelists, Charles Chesnutt (1858–1932) exposed the harsh dimensions of Southern prejudice before and after the Civil War. Powerful and passionate, his novels present richly imagined characters, both black and white, striving to make better lives for themselves.

Table of Contents

At Break of Day
1(8)
The Christening Party
8(10)
The Editor at Work
18(8)
Theodore Felix
26(5)
A Journey Southward
31(10)
Janet
41(3)
The Operation
44(7)
The Campaign Drags
51(3)
A White Man's ``Nigger''
54(6)
Delamere Plays a Trump
60(7)
The Baby and the Bird
67(4)
Another Southern Product
71(4)
The Cakewalk
75(5)
The Maunderings of Old Mrs. Ochiltree
80(6)
Mrs. Carteret Seeks an Explanation
86(5)
Ellis Takes a Trick
91(9)
The Social Aspirations of Captain McBane
100(8)
Sandy Sees His Own Ha'nt
108(3)
A Midnight Walk
111(3)
A Shocking Crime
114(4)
The Necessity of an Example
118(4)
How Not to Prevent a Lynching
122(6)
Belleview
128(4)
Two Southern Gentlemen
132(5)
The Honor of a Family
137(4)
The Discomfort of Ellis
141

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